For Amish farmers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, late summer signals long days and a bountiful wheat harvest. The traditional farming "tools" of an Old Order Amishman are the help of his sons and his team of horses, rather than the mechanized equipment of his neighbors.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Horses rather than tractors cultivate fields. This preference for animal and human labor has freed the Amish from fossil fuel dependency, one of the hallmarks of Schumacher's vision of a frugal conserver society.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's field patchwork, barns, silos and peaceful skyline create a scenic backdrp for an Amish farmer at tobacco planting time in late May. Production of cigar filler tobacco is well-suited to Amish farming methods which rely on family labor and mule-drawn equipment.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.