“We are supposed to be stewards of the land,” said Matthew Stoltzfus, a
34-year-old dairy farmer and father of seven whose family, like many
other Amish, shuns cars in favor of horse and buggy and lives without
electricity. “It is our Christian duty.”
But farmers like Mr. Stoltzfus are facing growing scrutiny for
agricultural practices that the federal government sees as
environmentally destructive. Their cows generate heaps of manure that
easily washes into streams and flows onward into the Chesapeake Bay.Read More>>>>>>>>>>>>
