Greyston Bakery is a force for personal transformation and community economic renewal. Operating a profitable business, baking high quality gourmet products with a commitment to customer satisfaction. Greyston Bakery provides a supportive workplace offering employment and opportunity for advancement. Our profits contribute to the community development work of the Greyston Foundation.

In 1982, a Zen Buddhist meditation group led by a one-time aerospace engineer, Bernard Tetsugen Glassman, borrowed $300,000 to open a small storefront bakery to employ his Buddhist students. Within a few years, the Bakery moved to Yonkers and began hiring the chronically unemployed, providing on-the-job training as well as paychecks.  Click to continue>>