Can non-Amish buy into Amish farmlands without shunning?
When was the last time a Amish landholder sold his land ?
LOL
If I recall correctly, shunning (in their dialect: Meidung) is reserved for Apostates (i.e., for those who were once Amish but - due to their worldly ways - have been excluded from the community).
However, people who never were Amish - so-called "Englische" - are treated hospitably.
Regards,
My wife’s mother is a practicing Lutheran who lives in the middle of an Amish community.
They treat her like a part of the family—and since she is elderly they help her whenever she needs it.
(They probably don’t want to advertise what great neighbors they are... :-) )
Yes. Auctions of Amish owned farms happen all the time and anyone can bid. Anyone. Amish will buy farms that were previously owned by “Englishers”.
There is no such thing as “Amish land”.