Pat McCarthy is a Langley resident and owner (with his spouse) of A Bread Affair. Since opening the bakery in 2006, he has been focused on promoting its hand crafted organic artisan breads. In that time he has worked to develop direct relationships with growers both on the prairies and in the Fraser Valley and has developed specialty products to use local food sources.

As a value-added processor of agricultural products, Pat helps to create a market for BC and Fraser Valley items as well as showcase the world class stature of our unique blend of soils and climate. Pat says “Ultimately, the bakery, and my involvement with local food, is a personal political statement. I believe that if humanity is to survive and continue to prosper, we in North America specifically, but in the world more generally, must eat lower on the food chain. But with that, I believe that we will still be able to eat very well. The bakery is an example of how we can continue to eat well, but lower on that food chain”.