Real People, Real Stories Episode 1, 2021: Shirley Ruch, Sarah, and Scott from South Fork Bakery

In this episode, Mark Miller, the host, and his producer, Marissa Sapega, speak with Shirley Ruch, the founder of South Fork Bakery as well as Sarah and Scott, employees at South Fork Bakery. South Fork Bakery is a nonprofit bakery that employs people with disabilities. Ruch shares why she founded the bakery and Sarah and Scott explain the bakery’s current day-to-day operations.  Topics covered include:  the therapeutic value of baking, the social aspect of selling food at a farmer’s market, the importance of workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities, possibilities for replicating the South Fork Bakery model, and the confidence working at the bakery gives employees.