Wisconsin Amish

The Amish Puppy Mill Controversy

ByErik Wesner
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You may have heard that the Amish have been accused of treating puppies poorly in what have been termed ‘puppy mills’. There have been some highly-publicized cases of animals kept in deplorable conditions.  One occurred just recently in Wisconsin.  PA supposedly has the rep of ‘puppy mill capital of the East’, due in large part to some Amish breeders in Lancaster County.  An article (no…

The Low Cost of Low Price

Byerik
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Wal-Mart and the Amish?  Makes a lot of sense. A new store in Black River Falls, Wisconsin has installed hitching posts for Amish buggies.  Some find it odd that the Amish would choose to patronize this icon of modern American commerce. Amish have actually been shopping at Wal-Marts for years…the buggy hitch is nothing new for places like Washington, Indiana or Millersburg, Ohio. Smart businesses…