We stopped at a Hudderite Community in Valerie, Montana where there are some 111 people living in community because of their Christian beliefs. While they don’t do television and shun many “wordly notions,” they have adopted modern farming technology in a big way. The have established, for instance, big chicken confinement and pig confinement facilities. (They ship 200 to 250 pigs a week all over the midwest.) Arnie Kleinfasser said the Hudderites have felt compelled to use these technologies to keep pace with the industry. I couldn’t help but think, however, that many of the Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonite have given in to the same pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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