The Amish are a curiosity in the modern world. Whereas most people use if not rely on technology for their daily lives, the Amish keep their use of technology to a minimum and do just fine without it.

So far this year, LNP-LancasterOnline and other media have reported three fatal farm accidents. All of the victims were children or teenagers, and all were buried in Amish cemeteries: Do reports like ...

Some Amish communities are adopting electric bicycles (e-bikes) for quick and efficient travel. Multiple electric transportation publications have reported that members of select Amish groups are ...

Amish barns and solar panels are probably not two things most people think of as going together, but times are changing. Anabaptist World recently reported that Amish communities are starting to adopt ...

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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- -- LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- On the porch of a white farmhouse set between corn and soybean fields, an Amish woman makes applesauce the old-fashioned way: She crushes the fruit ...

BLANCHARD, Mich. -- It's not like Glen Mast to be confrontational or to draw attention to himself. He is Old Order Amish and is happy to tend his 35-acre farm, build furniture for his children and ...

Anyone who spends much time with the Amish knows that, while they don't necessarily use the latest technology, they know all about it. And they are adept at adapting what's available to suit their own ...

A former member of the community revealed that the phone emergency alert on Oct. 4 got his friends in trouble. Getty Images The modern world is invading the Amish countryside. A former member of the ...

Is the American culture at war with itself? Pediatricians are increasingly concerned about the effects of television, video games, and other electronic media on the cognitive and social development of ...

Many outsiders assume the Amish reject all new technology. But that's not true. One Amish man in Lancaster County, Pa., checks his voicemail about four times a day. His shop is equipped with a propane ...