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The Amish Live Simply But Don’t Confuse Them with Environmentalists

by David McConnell November 30, 2018November 30, 2018

In recent decades, many popular myths about the Amish – that they are dying out, or are a homogeneous community of technophobes, or are “stuck in the past” – have been convincingly dispelled. Yet the perception that they seek to live in harmony with nature is alive and well. Today’s Amish brand, whether attached to […]

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