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  • From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Scratching My Head/praying
  • Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:43:18 -0600

David Inglis wrote:
> In the areas I am familiar with the Amish are not struggling with
> failure but with success; they have used up all the available good land
> in their area, then some of them migrate to a new one. This is anecdotal
> of course and I would be interested if anyone knows of studies of the
> Amish.
Here are two, David.
The Changing Occupational Structure of the Amish of the Holmes County, Ohio,
Settlement
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=amish+and+farmland+an
d+migration&btnG=Google+Search

Article on how Amish have different inputs, etc. than other farmers around
them - Stone Arabia, New York
http://www.motherjones.com/magazine/ND01/stonearabia.html
Jill






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