Despite moving into new industries, Amish entrepreneurs prioritize faith, family, and community over profits. Andrew Troyer ...

Pennsylvania’s Amish population is the largest it’s been, prompting some Amish families in the Lancaster area to move farther west, researchers said. “It is growing fast,” said Kyle Kopko, an Amish ...

This is the season when autumnal displays surround us. Decorative gourds seem to appear overnight, as if beamed down from an alien spacecraft: striped, speckled, warted, and winged. Bright bursts of ...

With the approach of Halloween comes the hunt for the perfect pumpkin to turn into a spooky jack-o-lantern. That means finding a patch with a large selection of pumpkins – and Abke’s Pumpkins and Such ...

Each fall, as grocery stores and garden centers pile up mountains of orange pumpkins, it’s easy to forget the diverse gourd family. Pumpkins might be the headliners, but they’re not the only stars in ...

Mitchell is a professor of medicine and vice chair for research in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. During the recent White ...

DELAWARE — The Ohio Gourd Society’s annual Gourd Show returns to the Delaware County Fairgrounds the first weekend in October. The event, which runs Oct. 3-5, marks 62 years of unique gourd art, ...

When you think of a gourd, do you think squash or pumpkin? How about musical instruments, storage vessels or hand-made art? The hard-shelled gourd is all of those things, and so much more — and the ...

The permanent closing of a North Myrtle Beach Amish store has neighbors and customers scratching their heads. Visitors planning to drop by The Country Living Amish Store will be greeted by locked ...

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.