Amish Business

Lehman’s Is Getting A New Owner (Updated)

Lehman’s Is Getting A New Owner (Updated)

Lehman’s is a well-known business catering to Amish and – even more so – to non-Amish who like off-the-grid and low-tech tools and home products. Many readers here are familiar with it – we’ve had posts including 5 Interesting Facts About Lehman’s and 6 Lehman’s Products Used By The Amish. So I thought it might be of interest to share that Lehman’s is being sold:…

Slice of Amish Life: Cold Homemade Root Beer

Slice of Amish Life: Cold Homemade Root Beer

I am sure some of you are going to recognize this sign today. I would even call it semi-famous at this point by virtue of it being photographed so much due to its location. The sign is an advertisement for a long-running root beer business at an Amish farm just outside Intercourse, Pennsylvania, the heart of tourism in the country’s most-visited Amish settlement. If you’ve…

Amish Crew Advertises On Craigslist

Amish Crew Advertises On Craigslist

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 a business owner selects will in part reflect his church’s…

A New Amish Country Store (Haven, Kansas)

A New Amish Country Store (Haven, Kansas)

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 (any guesses where the new name came from?). The community…

30 Amish Seamstresses Help Power This Women’s Clothing Company

30 Amish Seamstresses Help Power This Women’s Clothing Company

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 partnered with Amish seamstresses to design and make the clothes…

At A Michigan Amish Auction (19 Photos)

At A Michigan Amish Auction (19 Photos)

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, I learned that an auction was to be held on…

Amish Stands Closed For COVID Violations; Owner Feels “Targeted” By The County

Amish Stands Closed For COVID Violations; Owner Feels “Targeted” By The County

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 Country Cheese and Salads stand at the Amish market on…

Amish Crew Dismantle Then Rebuild Barn (10 Photos)

Amish Crew Dismantle Then Rebuild Barn (10 Photos)

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 aware of these photos being taken and were okay with…

Lancaster County Amish Farm Stays (2020)

Lancaster County Amish Farm Stays (2020)

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 number of Amish households run this type of lodging business….

What Makes A Good Amish Store?

What Makes A Good Amish Store?

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: Selection – a big selection of course is nice Amish…