In Ohio’s Amish Country, Sustainable Living Traditions Inspire Entrepreneurship
MILLERSBURG, Ohio—In a warehouse outside of this village in Ohio’s Amish Country, Brenton Wengerd walks along aisles of shelves stocked with 700 varieties of seeds that range from fruits, vegetables, and herbs to flowers, ancient grains, and cover crops.
A day earlier, his company—Berlin Seeds—co-hosted the second Food Independence Summit, where gardening and homesteading enthusiasts around the country traveled here to learn about sustainable living.
“Just as the summit’s purpose is to help people become more comfortable and knowledgeable about producing their own food, our mission here is to improve the health of their gardens so they have productive soil and a consistently abundant harvest,” he said….