John Miller’s Journey From Growing Up Amish to Spearheading an Interest in Sustainable Living

The president of Superb Canning and co-founder of the Food Independence Summit returned to his roots where homesteading is a way of life.

John Miller and his wife Susan stand next to an apple tree outside their home in Dundee, Ohio, on May 27, 2025.Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

SUGARCREEK, Ohio—Growing up Amish before he left the community to carve his own path, John Miller likes to say that he traded driving a horse-and-buggy for a Pontiac.

The journey eventually led back to the rolling hills of northeast Ohio and the second-largest community of Amish in the world.