THE SMELL OF FRESHLY BAKED BREAD, bagels and sweet loaves wafts through the air in the lower level of The Village at Bayers Road shopping centre. If you follow your nose, the aroma will lead straight to the Stone Hearth Bakery.
Many Nova Scotians will recognize the brand. The kosher bakery has been producing freshly baked bread since 1982, but what many don’t know is the story behind the bakery.
Stone Hearth is just one of the programs operated under the MetroWorks umbrella, a non-profit organization that has been offering training since the late 1970s to people who face barriers to employment.
Chuck Weatherbee, 40, of Dartmouth, has worked at the bakery for over five years. Today, he is responsible for packaging and distributing the finished product. Bakery manager Shawn Patterson points out that Chuck is also their quality assurance monitor, making sure that every loaf is perfect.
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