There are rarely traffic jams in the small Adams County farming town of Ritzville, but there was one last week as people turned out in droves for 20 tons of free potatoes. At times, the line of cars ...

Jason Waldner could easily still be working in the chicken barn of a North Dakota Hutterite colony. It’s the job he was given, but not the job he chose. Instead, he is a partner in a construction and ...

Hutterites are Protestants of German descent whose traditional, religious-centered lives have been compared to that of the Amish and Mennonites, but they live in commune-like colonies in rural areas ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) A character on a National Geographic Channel documentary series about a rural Hutterite colony defended his community and the production company after Hutterite bishops criticized the ...

Canada is struggling to contain a COVID-19 outbreak among a highly private religious group that lives in tight-knit colonies and eschews mainstream society for a more traditional agrarian lifestyle.

HELENA, Mont. – Leaders of a Hutterite colony are demanding an apology from the National Geographic Society and a pledge that it never again broadcast a television show they say misrepresented their ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - Driving through Missoula, you might have seen a sign to reserve your Hutterite turkeys at the Pattee Creek Market. "This is a time of year people look forward to (buying turkeys) and ...

North America is home to many religious communities, one of which - the Hutterites - believe that living communally and separately from what they refer to as "the world" will secure them a place in ...