“What principles can we learn from the Amish Community?”
ISKCON GBC Ministry of Agriculture and Cow Protection: It is striking to see a spiritual culture present in the USA thriving despite all predictions of impossibility. The original 5,000 grew into 400,000 Amish depending primarily on the land. They mainly run their own education system and have two thousand schools catering for their own young, staffed by members from their own communities. They hold onto their young people – up to 93% of the young adults decide to stay within the community.
People come to see it, leaving a yearly revenue of 2 billion dollars for their guided tours, to appreciate a social system that works.
The ISKCON Ministry of Cow Protection and Agriculture will be presenting on the ILS on “What principles can we learn from the Amish Community?” . Presenters will be Kalakantha das and Samba das.