Amish -N- Jeopardy

10/03/2024

22/02/2024

09/12/2023

The Mennonites and the Amish are both offshoots of the Anabaptist movement. The Mennonites around 1535 were the first group to branch out under a Dutch man, Menno Simons. The Amish around 1693 split to followed a Swiss man, Jakob Amman (for whom the Amish are named.)

05/12/2023

There is a beauty in this simple mysterious lifestyle, a people that live 100 year behind the modern world, a modern world that laws and regulations are slowly trying to make this lifestyle extinct. Support your local Amish communities, support their 1st amendment rights, freedom of religion.

15/04/2023

In one Ohio county over one hundred amish arrest over a new corrupt blinker law.

30/01/2023

Yes, you read that right. Madison County Sheriffs and Authorities framed innocent missionaries who were walking peacefully through Madison County. These missionaries were acting in total self-defense as they were persecuted, assaulted, and LIED to and ABOUT as you will clearly see in the full video....

21/12/2022

U.S. Appeals Court says Amos Miller won’t be spending Christmas in jail after all, drops $300,000 fine, and allows him to sell meat again, so he doesn’t go bankrupt while a long-term solution is negotiated!
In what feels like a Christmas Miracle, a major food freedom case took a turn for the best.
The Amish typically shy away from publicity, as a part of their humble religion, but Pennsylvania farmer Amos Miller decided the USDA’s war against him and other small, organic farmers is the hill he will die on and is prepared to take his battle all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary.
The USDA (aka Big Ag) has been harassing Miller for years – first for his sale of raw milk, and now for his sale of truly raw meat.
Many of us have become aware of the difference between raw, grass-fed milk straight from the farm, and the pasteurized garbage approved by the FDA… but not many of us realize that the expensive, grass-fed, “raw” beef we are buying at the grocery store isn’t really raw.
If it’s USDA-approved, it’s been treated with antibiotic chemicals, which are not accurately labeled as such.
“The USDA processing plants require the meat to be treated with a chemical cocktail of citric acid, lactic acid and peracetic acid,” Miller’s spokeswoman Anke Meyn told us on a phone call last April. “It’s not citric acid from oranges or lactic acid from sauerkraut. It’s all created in a lab. It’s a synthetic sterilizer that causes many health problems.”
Ironically, because Miller does NOT use antibacterial chemicals to sterilize his meat, the USDA considers it “adulterated,” and convinced a federal judge to force him stop selling it several months ago.
The judge also sentenced him to jail for “contempt of court,” starting December 16, and was going to shut down his farm if he did not immediately pay over $300,000 in fines.
But thanks to mainstream media coverage, and public outcry, Miller has been able to raise enough money for a high-profile lawyer, who’s already striking home-runs in the U.S. Court of Appeals!

Link to full story

https://dailynewz365.com/amish-farmer-amos-miller-wins-battle-in-war-for-food-freedom-in-us-appeals-court/

08/11/2022

ASHLAND — Nine more Amish people, including two women, pleaded no contest to violating Ohio’s new buggy law before a judge at Ashland Municipal Court on Tuesday.

Abraham Hershberger, David Mast, Mosie Shetler, Levi P. Gingerich, Enos Miller, Levi L. Gingerich, Lizzie L. Hershberger, Fannie E. Hershberger and Mahlon J. Swartzentruber each stood before Ashland Municipal Court Judge John Good without the representation of an attorney.

Each were charged separately with not having yellow flashing lights attached to their buggies, according to court records.

The “no contest” plead means the people waived their rights to a trial. Ashland Municipal Court Judge John Good found the people guilty and sentenced them to pay a fine of $50.

Mahlon J. Swartzentruber stands before Ashland Municipal Court Judge John Good on Tuesday, Nov. 8 for not having a yellow flashing light attached to his buggy.

Judge Good said he understands the argument. But he had a question for Mahlon J. Swartzentruber, who confirmed to Good on Tuesday that he is a leader within his community.

“Your folks have religious reservations about the law, you disagree with it. And you think it interferes with your religious freedom — and I understand that,” Good said. “So how does this end?”

He said the tickets are going to keep coming, because law enforcement is trying to keep motorists safe. But if the Amish refuse to pay the fine, he will be forced to do something about it, he said.

“I can’t just let people just say, ‘I’m not going to pay my tickets.’ Because why should anybody? Why should any person in this room pay their fines if I let the Amish get away with not paying their fines? I wouldn’t be doing my job,” Good said.

The judge said he doesn’t want to put the Amish people in jail for not paying their fines.

“But it might get to that point, where I have to do that. And that’s not going to be a happy day for me,” he said.

Swartzentruber, like Good, is caught between a rock and a hard place.

“We know the law and we try to live in peace with everyone. And we pay our taxes,” Swartzentruber said, adding that he and his family are also trying to live in peace with the church, along with its rules and traditions.

Before being fined $50, Swartzentruber said there is consideration among him and his community for appealing the charges so that the conflict can be resolved in a higher court.

Enos Miller, however, received a fine of $50 for the first offense and $100 for the second offense. Miller received two tickets for the same offense one day apart.

Judge Good said the max sentence for this misdemeanor is a fine of $150, plus court costs.

Tuesday’s hearings brought the tally of Amish people charged under the new law in Ashland County to 25.

The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office began enforcing the new law that went into effect Aug. 31 in October. It requires Amish buggies and other animal-drawn vehicles to display a yellow flashing light while driving on public streets.

Since they have been charged, some of the Amish have argued through written letters that having yellow flashing lights would mean compromising their faith and trust in God. Many have refused to pay the fines associated with the misdemeanor charges.

Link to article
https://www.ashlandsource.com/news/9-more-amish-from-ashland-county-plead-no-contest-to-state-buggy-law-violations/article_b1f1eeb0-5f91-11ed-96e2-87d27d532ef4.html

01/11/2022

12/05/2022

Amish Farm Fined $250K, Facing Jail Time for Humanely Raising and Selling Food to Willing Customers.

Amos Miller and his family has been running Miller’s Organic Farm for over a century, providing willing and highly satisfied customers with milk, chicken, beef, and eggs. All of the food coming from Miller’s farm is beyond organic, humanely raised in a non-factory setting and the animals treated with dignity as they spend their entire lives naturally and stress-free out on pasture. By any moral standard, Miller’s farm is the leading example of what farming in America should look like.
Unfortunately, because Miller uses humane techniques and treats his animals well, this has put a government target on his back. Recently, federal Judge Edward G. Smith, imposed sanctions on his farm, ordering the family farm to pay over $250,000 in fines or go to jail. Because the Millers don’t use the USDA factory farm methods, this makes them non-compliant and thus an enemy of the state.
“In order to effect defendants’ future compliance, by making them aware of the seriousness of their violations and the consequences for future violations, defendants are ordered to pay to the United States, within 30 days of the date of entry of this Order — and pursuant to written instructions that the United States will provide to defendants—a fine of $250,000, or face further monetary and other penalties, possibly including imprisonment of Amos Miller,” the order says.
“Smith also ordered Miller to reimburse USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for its enforcement costs, totaling $14,436.26. Miller has 60 days to make the reimbursement,” according to Food Safety News.
According to the USDA, the farm is not complying with USDA regulations on how to label and process their food. But Amos says the methods which they use pre-date the USDA and the farm and its members have a right to free assembly and the right to choose how their food is processed without the USDA dictating to them on how to do it.

https://dailynewz365.com/amish-farm-fined-250k-facing-jail-time-for-humanely-raising-and-selling-food-to-willing-customers/

14/04/2022

A federal judge told Miller to cease and desist all meat sales, and sent armed U.S. marshals to search his property, farm store and freezers. They took an inventory of all his meat to make sure he doesn’t sell any or slaughter anymore animals.

Last summer, the judge also ordered Miller to pay $250,000 for “contempt of court,” and said he will also have to pay the salaries of the USDA investigators assigned to his case, $50,000 of which was due last week as a “good faith” payment to avoid jail.
(The court’s next hearing on Miller’s case will be this Tuesday, April 12.

https://dailynewz365.com/amish-farmer-faces-250k-fine-jail-time-and-losing-his-sustainable-farm-for-processing-his-own-meat/

Amos Miller’s private food club members say they don’t want their grass-fed meat treated with the chemical preservatives required by all USDA-approved processing plants Amos Miller says he is being persecuted by the federal government for practicing his religious freedom to raise and prepare foo...

01/12/2021

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18/04/2020

APR 18, 2020 —
By Sally Oh
Morehead, KY, United States

Amish farmer Sam Girod is coming home to his family! He's being released because of the coronavirus so something good came from this!!!

He's been in federal prison since July 2017 after the FDA prosecuted him for mislabeling a harmless chickweed salve that his family made and sold for over 20 years.
Sam is my neighbor and a charming, boisterous, outspoken, freedom-loving American. He refused to roll over when the FDA unlawfully threatened and lied to him.

If you want to send him a card, I know he and his family would appreciate that!
The address is,
Samuel Girod
409 Satterfield Lane,
Owingsville, KY 40360.

https://www.change.org/p/help-us-get-a-presidential-pardon-for-ky-amish-farmer-samuel-girod/u/26393686?cs_tk=AsZliEFZAq4kKvL3nl4AAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvIiQJd7jNpi_yMQL8w6XWXI%3D&utm_campaign=66f72945ade64158b146ac0e8dafcd5b&utm_content=initial_v0_4_0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_update&utm_term=cs

14/04/2020

In the sleepy town of Mesopotamia, Ohio, population 3,220, health inspectors got wind of an illicit wedding attended by members of the local Amish community and filed a "notice of violation" against the revelers, according to local news reports.

Oh, the humanity.

Kristofer J. Wilster, director of environmental health in Trumbull County], said his report will be turned over to Trumbull County authorities. The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office and the county health department investigated the report of a possible wedding celebration involving 300 people, according to a sheriff’s report.

And how did the authorities find out about this wedding? Why, a snitch, of course, because that's the America we live in now:

According to a caller Tuesday night to Trumbull County 911, an Amish wedding was scheduled to take place Thursday around noon at the Mesopotamia location, which is commonly used for large gatherings. The caller told 911 that food preparation at that location began Wednesday with about 40 people.

I can imagine how that phone call went: "Uh, hello, I'm calling to report a crime about to be committed by the oldspeakers in the Golden Country, where, as you know, they refuse to install telescreens in their homes. I have received intelligence that the traitors will be committing an unauthorized wedding on Thursday. They should not be difficult to round up, seeing as they rarely venture outside their community and travel by horse and buggy..."

Link to full story below
https://pjmedia.com/trending/authorities-investigate-illicit-amish-wedding-in-sleepy-ohio-hamlet-population-3220/