The Amish vs The English

Talk about worlds colliding. The landscape near Brad's parent's cottage is dotted with little Amish farms with their laundry hanging to dry and their produce stands open for business. They may not be "English", but they'll take our money-and evidently spend it at the American icon, Wal-Mart. The woman running the produce stand we freuqent spoke very good English and made eye contact-both of which don't always happen. I missed my chance to ask about food allergies in her community! One thought I've had about food allergies is that the Amish, cloistered and living w/o modern food additives, soap, antibiotics, vaccinations and engineered foods, might not have the prevalence of food allergies that seem to plague the rest of this country. They'd make a good control for a large study of food allergies, in theory. Autism could likely be studied in the same fashion.


If you look closely, you'll note that those are Amish wagons hitched in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Fremont, MI.
A better close up of the dedicated hitching area in the parking lot. It's off to the side which is probably a bit safer for the horses.
These signs are everywhere in the area.