An Amish Paradox by Charles E. Hurst & David L. McConnell

Author:Charles E. Hurst & David L. McConnell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

Table 6.2. Amounts spent and participation rates in selected public assistance programs: Holmes County and county average for Ohio, January 2007

The growth in Holmes County’s income has been fueled by the proliferation of nonfarming businesses and employment that has accompanied the decades-long decline in farming. As Kraybill and Nolt have pointed out, the constraints placed upon Amish individuals by their religious beliefs have forced them to be creative in developing alternatives to farming.18 Some have been more successful than others. In some cases, less successful enterprises have resulted from ill-advised trust Amish have placed in individuals who have duped them or persuaded them to pursue businesses that were either impractical or unrealistic. A few of these “Ponzi schemes” have included worm and pigeon raising and chinchilla farming.

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