Members of the Lancaster Old Order Amish settlement have long been prolific land buyers, according to a trend first identified in 1995 by Elizabethtown College associate professor of sociology Dr.

The remarkable growth is almost entirely due to the Amish birth rate -- many Amish families have five or more children. Kraybill said the Amish retain about 85 percent of the young adults who have to ...

The search by the booming North American population of Amish for affordable, fertile farmland has produced settlements in 28 states and Ontario — and has even led parties to scout recently for ...

The search by the booming North American population of Amish for affordable, fertile farmland has produced settlements in 28 states and Ontario - and has even led parties to scout recently for ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. – and has even led parties to scout recently for suitable properties in Alaska and Mexico. A new study estimates the number of Amish has increased nearly 10 percent in the past two ...

As Amish communities expand across the US, old practices are colliding with modern health codes and testing the limits of religious freedom ...

Trying to navigate the coronavirus pandemic with all of its twists and turns has been challenging, exhausting, and confusing. So, how would this all feel without the benefit of breaking news, social ...

Rolling pastures dotted with grazing cows, fields of corn and classic buggies driven by Amish in hats and bonnets — these are the images that attract visitors to Lancaster County, home to more than 30 ...

Henry Beiler was one of the first Amish farmers in Lancaster County to preserve his land forever. In separate transactions in the 1980s, he preserved half of his Upper Leacock Township livestock, ...