How Do Amish Women Make Money? (part 2)
In addition to the Amish quilt, many Amish women make their
money by canning fruits and vegetables or making jams and jellies from their
own gardens. After setting aside enough of their crops for their own personal
use, Amish women often can their homegrown fruits and vegetables in order to
sell them to the public. These canned treats are often highly sought after due
to the fact that the Amish use no chemicals in the growing of their produce.
Again, this type of natural product is difficult to come by in the modern world
and provides a nice bit of income for the Amish woman.
Since Amish women are taught to cook from a very early age,
many of their skills and talents lie in what they can produce in the kitchen. Baking
homemade breads, pies, cakes, cookies, candies, donuts, and even noodles are a
wonderful way for Amish women to make money while still adhering to the old
fashioned values of the Amish community. Using their own homegrown fruits and
grains, the Amish women cook using gas ovens and stoves in order to produce
fresh baked goods that are big sellers within the local communities. Many of
these goods are sold to local restaurants and other bakeries because of their
high quality and uniquely fresh taste.
Other entrepreneurial ventures that Amish women often pursue
include growing fresh flowers, arranging flowers, or drying flowers for wreaths
or other crafts and adornments. Again, these flowers are usually grown by the
Amish woman herself and then turned into something a consumer would want to
purchase. Many of these businesses that Amish women have started are run in
conjunction with their Amish husband’s business. It’s not unusual to find an
Amish man making handmade picnic tables, while his wife sells Amish quilts, and
the children work as little salesmen calling in customers or helping them in
the shops. It’s this Amish belief in hard work, entrepreneurial endeavors, and
the desire for self-sufficiency that makes the Amish community so interesting
and unique to the outside observer. While they remain separated from the world
at large, the Amish have managed to learn to work with the surrounding
communities in order to form a balance between the growing modern world and their
simple and plain traditional world. Fortunately, Amish women are allowed to
express themselves and use their talents in a variety of ways in order to help
support their families while providing the non-Amish world a hint of the older,
simpler pleasures of life.
How Do Amish Women Make Money (part 1)
