World Crafts Fair Trade Offers Consumers “Purchasing Power”
What is “purchasing power”? If you are
a consumer (and who isn’t) it means, simply,
how much product you can get for
your money. None of us wants to waste
our hard-earned money. But what if your
hard earned money, through your purchasing
power, also helped out someone
else? Someone who, if not given opportunity,
might only earn $1.00 a
day?
World Crafts Fair Trade […]
Hillcrest Orchard, Locally Grown Fruit And Produce That You Can Taste
It’s no secret that the best fruit and produce
one can taste, is that which is grown
locally and picked fresh off of trees and
plants rooted in fertile local soil! Hillcrest
Orchard, located one half mile east of
Walnut Creek, is the best place to find
such local goodness and with 22 varieties
of apples and 12 varieties of peaches
grown on […]
Moreland Fruit Farm: “Food Less Traveled”
Fred and Marilyn Finney are first generation
owners of Moreland Fruit Farm
Ltd. Steve, our oldest son, is part owner
and a full-time second generation farmer.
His brothers, Chris and Brian, an attorney
and a teacher respectively, help out part time.
Our young grandchildren love to
eat apples and pick blueberries.
The farm consists of 110 acres, of which
70 acres are in production […]
Farmerstown Furniture: Family Owned For 46 Years
“The more things change, the more they
stay the same.”
That’s a popular saying that at times
may sound cliché, but it applies very
well at Farmerstown Furniture.
“Change” is a word we hear a lot in the
local hardwood furniture industry. The last five or 10 years have
brought a great deal of change to the
Amish-built furniture world. As consumers
“age in” […]
Swartzentruber Amish
Swartzentruber Amish: Square Haircuts and Flickering Lanterns
You may have noticed them alongside parked buggies,
selling handwoven baskets or fresh produce. Or perhaps you’ve passed their
homesteads with their dark red barns, spartan homes, and dirt lanes.
The most conservative sect of Amish in central Ohio, the
Swartzentrubers shun indoor plumbing, milking machines, and community phone
booths. Their settlements lie mostly […]
A True Amish Murder Mystery
The Murder
The murder occurred in Pennsylvania at the old home
farm of John Hochstetler Sr, located in Pennsylvania on March 4, 1810. The members of the family reported that
they did not know whom to suspect, as there was no person seen in or about the
house that night, yet in some unaccountable way the blame was fixed […]
Tobe Amish
TOBE AMISH: An Order Divided
Tobe Amish are a little-known subgroup of Amish that formed in 1940. The group started when Tobias (Tobe) Hochstetler’s fellow ministers excommunicated him for accusations of dishonesty in business. Tobe and his supporters—mostly extended family members—withdrew and started their own church.
Because there was no clear doctrinal issue, Tobe Amish never gained […]
From Brawn to Beauty
The Amazing Story of the Gateway Walnut Tree
Approximately two hundred and fifty years ago, a small walnut seed found a home in the dirt in Springfield, Missouri. Missouri was the starting point for westward movement of settlers in the 1800s. Known as the “Gateway to the West,” Missouri is full of fascinating stories and history […]
New Order Amish
NEW ORDER AMISH: A Matter of Faith
New Order Amish
are often seen as one of the most progressive of Amish groups. Less traditional dress,
neatly groomed beards and hair, and homes with telephones are just a few things
that set them apart from their Old Order counterparts. They also allow rubber
tires and sliding doors on their buggies and […]
Dan Church Amish
THE DAN CHURCH: A Picture of the Past
In many ways, the Dan church is reminiscent of how all Old Order Amish lived fifty years ago. Families still use ice boxes instead of refrigerators, and cut their grass with push reel lawn mowers. Their dress remains more traditional, with very few store-bought pieces, and the women […]