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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Kevin-Melinda.jpg" style="width: 278px; height: 200px; float: right;" />Kevin and Melinda McGrath found their passion through Au Sable. This isn&#39;t an uncommon thing to hear, but with the McGrath&#39;s, it was a little different. Sure, their Au Sable courses, of which they took many (five to be exact), played a formational role in their education; the Au Sable community helped them develop important, supportive friendships, especially when they joined the staff as environmetal education intern and head chef (Kevin) and nutrition intern (Melinda); and, importantly, being part of Au Sable allowed them to meet one another. But what opened the avenue for the good work they do today was hearing about, and then working for, the Pleasanton Brick Oven Bakery in Traverse City, Michigan, a short drive from the Great Lakes Campus. Through the bakery, they saw the opportunity to wed their care for God&#39;s earth with their love for producing healthy, good food.</p>
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	The McGrath&#39;s are now owners of McGrath&#39;s Brick Oven Bakehouse in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. &quot;Eating,&quot; as Wendell Berry notes, &quot;is an agricultural act.&quot; The McGraths take this act seriously as Owners of McGrath&#39;s Brick Oven Bakehouse. We caught up with them to find out more:</p>
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	<strong>What do you do in your current position?</strong></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}DSC_4166-250pxl.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 167px; float: right;" />In December 2012, we started our own business and converted the attached garage of our house into a commercial bakery and built a large 4 ft.x8.5 ft. wood-fired brick oven onto it. We officially opened in June 2013, specializing in baking rustic, European-style sourdough breads. With no employees at this point, the entire process is in our hands. From cutting wood and firing the oven, to mixing, shaping, and baking loaves, to bagging it all up and delivering/selling the bread, it makes for a very full-time job. We must also spend a lot of time doing public relations, accounting, marketing, and customer service as we learn to promote our business and product.</p>
