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    Home » The Plain Columns » The Amish Editor

    More Fountain Acres Foods

    Published: Apr 21, 2013 · Updated: Feb 2, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 4 Comments

    I've written before about this favorite Amish-owned store.  Fountain acres foods has grown from a small bulk food operation to a sprawling 7000 square foot bakery, bulk food store, deli, and cheese emporium.  This store is very accessible, an easy 10 minute trip off of I-70 in rural Wayne County, Indiana.  The Wayne County Amish community is distinctive because almost all the church members came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  So you have different styles of Caps worn by the women than what you find in Amish settlements just up the road near Berne, Indiana.  Several times a year FAF holds a cheese sale with amazing prices on cheese.I had never been to one of these legendary cheese sales before, but yesterday I had the opportunity to go. Rachel and I came away with a horn of mild cheddar cheese, way too much for just the two of us, so we split the horn and the cost with my mother-in-law.  So the cheese is an especially good deal if you can do it that way. Here is a photo of some of the beautiful horns of cheese for sale:  And you can see the busy check-out line.

    Almost all the cheese is available to sample. We sampled smoked Cheddar, Hvarti dill, butter cheese, 5-year aged Cheddar, and jalapeno cheddar.  Good stuff!  You could eat your way through the sale!:)

    I caught up with Stevie Miller who owns the store with his wife Marianne.  I congratulated him on his newly expanded store and brisk business, to which he humbly replied.

    "All the glory goes to God."

    Stevie credits a Higher Power to his store's success.  In addition to divine inspiration, Stevie brings a blend of hard work and humor to the job.  I asked him if he thinks his store will ever expand again.

    "Nope, we're done.  We won't get any bigger."

    The newly expanded store includes a large outdoor furniture display, a new bakery, a made-to-order sandwich station, and a huge selection of canned goods.  The photo below is just one section of shelves full of canned goods.  All new space hasn't necessarily meant more breathing room.

    "I thought we'd have more room to move but that hasn't happened, instead people now bring their friends with them, so we're just as crowded as before,"Stevie laughed.

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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Christine

      April 21, 2013 at 3:28 pm

      That kind of store is my favorite. Has anybody ever been to Kauffman's Fruit Farm in Bird in Hand, PA? They grow the most amazing peaches you will ever taste and they are locally famous for their many varieties of apples they grow on premises. They also have a great bulk food section and do mail-order. Worth a drive to visit them and the whole Lancaster County Amish area.

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    2. Zelka Cani

      April 22, 2013 at 9:14 am

      What an inspiration Stevie is and humble in crediting God for the success of his business. God's Word says in 1 Corinthians 10:31b 'Whatever you do, do everything to the glory of God'. How blessed we would all be if we took that same road as Stevie and did not do things for our own gain but did everything to God's glory. Amen.

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    3. gail holland

      April 22, 2013 at 1:10 pm

      Love to go to Yoder's in Crab Orchard Ky love the fresh cheese and homebaked breads.

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    4. Carolyn

      April 22, 2013 at 3:47 pm

      Does Fountain Acres food take mail orders.? I ordered from some Amish quite a few yrs. ago. I do not even remember what it was, or where from. I think I have sense lost the address.

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