Old ways, modern times

Posted on January 12, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s a fascinating article about a Mennonite community in Mexico and how it has adapted its traditional ways of making a living by farming and dairy farming in an increasingly competitive environment. Check it out.

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  1. zizka says:
    January 13, 2003 at 9:17 am

    A friend of mine in rural Minnesota says that a related group (Hutterites, I think) are the only ones who can keep going there as independent farmers any more. They’re incredibly frugal and hard working, they don’t borrow from banks, and they don’t use *much* gas-powered machinery (their rules on this kind of thing are as complicated as kosher laws).

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