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  • Weekend With Amish Farmer (life before internet)

    04/12/2022 8:21:43 PM PDT · by Mount Athos · 9 replies
    Youtube ^ | Peter Santenello
    Here's a peek into what life was like before the internet, away from the stresses of the modern world, a world revolving around weather and family. Join me as we meet Ivan--a charismatic Old-Order Amish man--who loves life and has volumes of uplifting wisdom to share. (click link for long video)
  • Amish farmers win battle in state court

    06/04/2009 5:31:13 PM PDT · by Born Conservative · 19 replies · 716+ views
    LancasterOnline ^ | 6/2/09 | Ryan Robinson
    In what lawyers say is a precedent-setting case, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled that 12 farmers in East Lampeter Township can include their farms in an agricultural-security area. But the more than decade-long fight between the farmers — most of whom are Old Order Amish — and township leaders may not be over. The chairman of the township's board of supervisors this morning did not rule out an appeal to the state Supreme Court. "We haven't discussed that," said Chairman David Buckwalter. "It wasn't the decision we had hoped for." Preservationists, however, welcomed the ruling wholeheartedly. "Now two courts...