Riding down Highway 30 east of Lancaster City I was struck as I usually am by the preponderance of Amish tourist destinations. Amish tourism has a long history dating back to the 1930s and 1940s in Lancaster County, with the Ohio and Indiana industries kicking into gear a couple of decades later. Today it would [...]
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A Lancaster friend has a bunch of growing boys, which means he’ll need barn space for more horses. The last week or so he’s had a local carpentry crew at his place putting an addition onto the barn (this is not to be confused with the “pole barn”, which is a different building where visitors [...]
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Richard shares some photos of a Lebanon County, PA Amish grocery, of the bump ‘n’ bent variety: He says it reminds him of an “Amish Costco”, and that it is quite popular with both English and Amish customers. The Lebanon County Amish community is nowhere near as big as nearby Lancaster, but with 200 or [...]
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Wrapping up a week in which it seems I can’t stop talking about Amish food (Amish bulk food stores, Amish canning, Amish maple syrup) I was happily surprised to find a new article on Indiana Amish food markets in the Chicago Tribune (see Indiana Amish food markets). When I hear “Amish markets” I tend to [...]
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As luck would have it I am doing the above on two blogs this week. First, Saloma Furlong is running a Q-and-A with me as well as a giveaway of my book Success Made Simple. A snippet: You have several overall messages in this book — I like the one that we do not need [...]
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Tom shares some photos today from an Amish bulk foods store in the Jasper, New York Amish community. Horses go here. Tom observes: “It is interesting when I go to Kauffman’s there are more English folks than Amish shopping. Jasper is a rural area in Steuben County and most English and Amish folks live on [...]
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Some Amish companies spend a good bit of cash on advertising. But for many, the simple roadside sign is the furthest extent of their self-promotion. I’ve collected a few examples from around the country here. I wonder if you can tell which communities these are from. There are 7 states represented in the 10 photos [...]
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Need a ride? Message board inside an Amish bent-n-dent store in Ohio. By the look of that torn-up ad on the left, old fashioned advertising still works. Besides the many Amish taxis, you could also find an ad for child care by an Amish woman. Message boards are still a fixture in some places, for [...]
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Taken in the Berne, Indiana Amish settlement. Every picture tells a story. Or stories. What story do you see here?
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Today we’ve got a Q-and-A with Keith and Laura James, founders of Amish Workshops. I’ve been looking forward to this interview for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I think it’s quite an interesting look at how an Amish-oriented business gets started and operates. Amish family businesses benefit from and rely on [...]
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