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Golden Harvest Bakery & Cafe

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Golden Harvest Bakery & Cafe

Family owned Mennonite bakery/ASL friendly cafe with indoor seating. Using basic local ingredients.
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10/11/2026

All day today I couldn’t help but think about 2 years ago when our journey took a completely different turn than we expected. Joel’s stroke changed all our plans and dreams. How blessed we are to still have him with us. All day today I marveled and praised for the healing God has given him. What a gift to hike Watkins Glen together with our daughters and Emily’s nephew and his wife. God is so good! Thank you for all of you who have faithfully supported and cared about us over the years. We love and miss you all. If you or a family member/friend suffered from a stroke, we care and we want to pray for you.

09/03/2026

From donut making to this. For those of you who know our family, I thought you might be interested in seeing an update on one of the faces you learned to know over the years we were in Rochester area. (Yes, it’s posted with his permission 😉) Teach your children the gift of work and there’s no limit to what they can do in life. Yes, that’s his truck. He had a dream, he worked hard and achieved his dream. Now on to bigger dreams. Give your children the gift of dreaming, working hard and achieving their dreams. You’ll never regret it.

08/21/2026

Breakfast time with dad. That’s all my meat, if I can’t have it, neither can you.

08/20/2026

Our friends are moving back to college and we miss Henrietta more than ever! Twice this week I burst into tears when I spoke to Rochester friends who understand and care about the TRUTH of our life. The death of a dream and family business is a great loss. And we grieve. False accusations and assumptions leave deep wounds. But we are not without hope. Because we still believe God will make everything beautiful in His time. Psalm 23 has been comforting to us. Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. If you are walking through a dark valley and feel like there’s no escape, there’s hope. And we care 🤗🙏🏼 we miss our community. We are still praying somehow an even better Golden Harvest can come back to Rochester someday. May our heavenly Father’s will be done. Thank you all for your support and friendship to our family over the years. -Emily

07/29/2026

Some of you asked if we could start a family page. Well, we just did. Feel free to head over and like the page where we will share what intentional living looks like for us. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19HHSRHDJK/?mibextid=wwXIfr&direct_share_include_copy=1&fb_entity_type=newsfeed

07/18/2026

Martins Amish Furniture has quality furniture from indoor dining and living room sets to outdoor furniture and swing sets. You get what you pay for. Quality mostly Amish made furniture. Joel is working as warehouse manager and Emily just started working as customer service not sure what all. 😅 it’s a strange but good feeling to be on the employee side of it and carry less responsibilities for a change. 😀 lots to learn. Furniture isn’t quite like donuts you know. But thankfully, Joel made furniture before we opened Golden harvest and Emily grew up in a logging, house construction , furniture building environment. REAL food is still our passion. But this is our season of life now. Come see us at Martin’s Amish Furniture.

07/16/2026

Some of you may remember that we partnered with Martin’s Amish furniture in January 2026 just before we closed Golden Harvest Bakery in May 2026. They offered us a kitchen to make our donuts because the main heating units went down in the building we were leasing in Rochester, so our yeast doughs weren’t rising. So when we decided to close Golden Harvest, they offered both Joel and Emily a job so we could continue to provide for our family. It’s a new season of life for our family. Food is still a passion for us. But this is our season of rest. Rest doesn’t necessarily mean not working. But we have a lot more family time now since we work less hours a day. We still believe Golden Harvest will reopen soon, maybe not by our family but by other passionate committed people 🙏🏼

07/13/2026

Emily’s parents gave their family the greatest gift they could ever have given. A weekend at the beach to connect and make lasting memories.

Emily’s parents went through really tight financial times. They worked hard and taught their children to enjoy working. Many things we think of as common today would have been luxury for them. As the years went by and God blessed them with easier times financially, they did exactly what they have always done. They shared those blessings with their family and gave us all a weekend vacation. They taught us to never quit no matter how hard life gets. So special!

Cousins

So calm. So peaceful. Such a beautiful example for us. 60 years and still enjoying each others company.

We’re here because of them.

Emily’s siblings.

07/12/2026

Deeper in love than 60 years ago! Celebrating 60 years of marriage. We are so blessed to still have them with us. Each moment is a precious gift!

Many of you know Emily’s mom’s health journey has been rough. Look at her standing there. God is so good! She was the healthiest we have seen her in many years!

I wish you could have heard them sing 😍 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

07/11/2026

She’s one of our heros (Emily’s mom). Her humor at 79 cheers us all up. She milked cows, drove tractor, baked countless cookies, breads, rolls and everything you can imagine including donuts. She made the best perogies and the best most tender steak. She lives intentionally and she passed that on to her family 🥰 she never wastes food. She taught her children to make the best of every situation.

Those donuts were so yummy 🤤 I’m sorry you weren’t there to try them!

Roasting marshmallows over a candle. Emily used to do that with her nieces when they were young and they relived that memory.

Beautiful tea party prepped by Emily’s nieces. 🥹

Tea party with 4 generations. Food and family is an important part of our lives as you can see. That is why we loved what we did at Golden Harvest.

Address

368 Jefferson Road
Rochester, NY
14623

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