She Caters To Groups Right On The Farm

2016 - Volume #40, Issue #5, Page #10

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Rural caterer Brenda Gorseth found a profitable niche hosting meetings for businesses and farm groups right on her farm.
  At Woodward Farm in Cathay, N.Dak., Gorseth can accommodate up to 25 people at a time, serving meals fresh from her farm’s commercial kitchen. When she’s not catering, she’s tending her big garden, or canning to sell at farmers markets, local stores and online. Her products’ names reflect her passion for language and food. “Grapes of Wrath” is a hot grape jam. Her strawberry margarita jam is “Party in a Jar.”
  Gorseth started her rural business selling her original recipes and “Frankenstein” combinations of recipes for her salsa, jam and baked goods sold at local farmers markets. She emphasizes that she uses locally grown foods and avoids artificial flavors, colors and stabilizers and corn syrup in her syrups, but instead uses the old-fashioned method of time. She custom bakes cookies, cupcakes, pies and other treats for events and businesses, including a standing order of cookies every Monday for a local bank. In 2013 she received certification for the commercial kitchen that she and her husband, Dan, added on to their roomy farmhouse, along with a dining room suitable for meetings and gatherings.
  “The house is big and spread out so we have breakout rooms. I will do breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and coffee – I’m really flexible,” Gorseth says.
  So far most of her guests have been women’s groups such as the Red Hat Ladies and birthday clubs. Some have asked for a cooking lesson in her commercial kitchen. Guests carpool and enjoy the country drive, even though the last five miles are on gravel road.
  With three larger towns within 17 miles, Gorseth says she keeps busy catering all kinds of events. Since she can offer her home meeting space for free, she hopes to grow her home-based catering space service by getting the word out to local chambers of commerce.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Brenda Gorseth, Woodward Farm, 5662 8th St. NE, Cathay, N.Dak. 58422 (ph 701 652-5183; www.woodwardfarm.com; woodwardfarm5662@yahoo.com).

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She Caters To Groups Right On The Farm SPECIALTY/SERVICES Rural caterer Brenda Gorseth found a profitable niche hosting meetings for businesses and farm groups right on her farm At Woodward Farm in Cathay N Dak Gorseth can accommodate up to 25 people at a time serving meals fresh from her farm’s commercial kitchen When she’s not catering she’s tending her big garden or canning to sell at farmers markets local stores and online Her products’ names reflect her passion for language and food “Grapes of Wrath” is a hot grape jam Her strawberry margarita jam is “Party in a Jar ” Gorseth started her rural business selling her original recipes and “Frankenstein” combinations of recipes for her salsa jam and baked goods sold at local farmers markets She emphasizes that she uses locally grown foods and avoids artificial flavors colors and stabilizers and corn syrup in her syrups but instead uses the old-fashioned method of time She custom bakes cookies cupcakes pies and other treats for events and businesses including a standing order of cookies every Monday for a local bank In 2013 she received certification for the commercial kitchen that she and her husband Dan added on to their roomy farmhouse along with a dining room suitable for meetings and gatherings “The house is big and spread out so we have breakout rooms I will do breakfast lunch dinner dessert and coffee – I’m really flexible ” Gorseth says So far most of her guests have been women’s groups such as the Red Hat Ladies and birthday clubs Some have asked for a cooking lesson in her commercial kitchen Guests carpool and enjoy the country drive even though the last five miles are on gravel road With three larger towns within 17 miles Gorseth says she keeps busy catering all kinds of events Since she can offer her home meeting space for free she hopes to grow her home-based catering space service by getting the word out to local chambers of commerce Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Brenda Gorseth Woodward Farm 5662 8th St NE Cathay N Dak 58422 ph 701 652-5183; www woodwardfarm com; woodwardfarm5662@yahoo com

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