Why a Kalamazoo bakery gives away its unsold pastries and adopted a 32-hour workweek

This story was produced by a collaborative team of students from the Community-Engaged Digital Storytelling (CEDST) Lab at Western Michigan University. It is a joint project with the Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative and its equitable community development reporting project.

KALAMAZOO, MI — Sarkozy Bakery has never existed in isolation from the community that surrounds it.

Founded in 1978 by Judy and Ken Sarkozy, the Kalamazoo bakery was built on the belief that food, labor and community are inseparable…

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