Amish Business

This morning I came across a pair of ads from an Amish builder named Junior Weaver on Craigslist. It’s always interesting to see the ways Amish companies, in this case construction outfits, promote themselves. Some do so with full-fledged websites, like my friend John Smucker in Lancaster County. Others rely primarily on word-of-mouth. The approach […]

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A new store has opened in one of Kansas’s oldest Amish communities. Owners Robert and Elaine Headings bought an existing Amish store’s inventory (Anna Borntrager’s Country Variety Store) to outfit their new store. They also added some items. The business is now called R & E Country Store, and it opened about three weeks ago […]

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Farmhouse Frocks is a Millersburg, Ohio clothing company run by an Amish-raised woman named Lena Schlabach and her daughters. Though Lena is no longer Amish herself, Amish women are key to this business, which makes plus-sized garments and other clothing. From Root and Vine News (hat tip to DBK): From the beginning, Farmhouse Frocks has […]

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Jim Halverson, whose photos we’ve seen here before (LaGrange County, IN and Amish women’s clothing differences), attended an Amish auction in Isabella County, Michigan. Here’s Jim with what he saw and learned at the event, which took place this summer. Following up on a summer post on Amish America about Yoder’s Auctions in Clare, Michigan, […]

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This happened at an Amish farmers’ market in Maryland. From the Star Democrat: EASTON — Two food stands at the Amish Country Farmers Market in Easton that were shut down by the county government for violating COVID-19 masks orders will reopen on Tuesday, Nov. 24. “We’re going to reopen,” said Eli Stoltzfus, who operates the […]

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In an impressive display of craftsmanship, an Amish crew from Ohio recently disassembled then rebuilt a barn in Indiana. An article in the Greenfield Daily Reporter tells us how it happened, and shares some excellent photos of the crew at work by photographer Tom Russo. For those wondering, you can be confident the crew was […]

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Is it possible to stay on an Amish farm in 2020? Hat tip to Linda, who sends along this National Geographic article on the current state of Amish farm stays in Lancaster County. You might not have known that it’s possible to stay on an Amish farm in some places – but it is. A […]

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I just happened to be looking at reviews for Mishler’s Country Store, in Dalton, Wisconsin. People seem to really love that place – both readers here, and at review sites like Yelp and Google. It got me wondering – what makes a good Amish store? Here are some of my own criteria, yours might differ: […]

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How much can you make driving the Amish? The answer is going to vary based on a number of factors including location, whether or not you’re providing the vehicle, and so on. This ad posted to Craigslist gives us an idea of what you can expect in one sort of arrangement working as a driver […]

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Good news for anyone who wondered if mud sales would be coming back: one is happening tomorrow, specifically the Gordonville Fire Company Sale. It will be a little different than most years, owing to gathering restrictions: The Gordonville Fire Company will be holding their 29th Annual Fall Sale on Saturday, September 19th, 2020 beginning at […]

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