When Amish Butcher Season Starts — 30 Families Store 1 Full Year of Meat| The Amish Life

Amish Forge

Have you ever wondered how 30 Amish families feed themselves for an entire year — all without a single grocery store or refrigerator? Every November, they come together for butcher season: smoking, curing, canning, and preserving hundreds of pounds of meat in just one day. No electricity. No refrige