Hollie and her family are Markham-Waterloo Mennonites. Unlike Old Order Mennonites in their neighbourhood, they split from that group in the late 1930s so they could drive cars and use electricity.

Mennonites are not Amish ... and permit technologies that are prohibited by Old Order Amish communities. Three other non-Amish groups are easily confused with the Amish because they wear ...

Hundreds of volunteers in Goshen are preparing tens of thousands of pounds of chicken to send to places in need around the world, as a way to put into action biblical commands to feed the hungry.

NOTE: To respect the core value of humility held by members of the old order Mennonite community in Desbarats, Ont., CBC has agreed not to use the full name of the people interviewed for this story.

Local freelance photographer Daniel Rodriguez has developed close relationships with a few Lancaster families, and he has been capturing images of Amish and Old Order Mennonites for several years.