Violet Hill Farm

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Violet Hill Farm

10 miles west of Fort Dodge, IA📍
Family Farm since 1883 ✨
Private Events, Farm Dinners, Cooking Classes

08/25/2026

Happy Birthday to you, Chef James!

I sure do love this picture that Jean Ubben captured. You are a wonderful husband and dad! Your talent in the kitchen at VHF is matched only by the care you pour into everything and everyone around you. We love you 🤍 cheers to 35!

08/23/2026

Fall Tickets Are Live‼️

Tickets for all of our fall dinners and cooking classes are available now! Here is everything you need to know before grabbing your spots:
- Fall Dinner Menus: Our September menu is up - check out the product page on our site to see what we’re cooking! The November menu will be posted closer to the date.
- Beverage Updates: We are excited to announce that we are now selling beer and wine on-site for all events! You are still welcome to BYOB, but please note there will now be a $5 corkage fee.
- Cooking Classes: You can now pre-pay for a bottle of wine when you book! Select Red or White at checkout when reserving your tickets and we’ll pick a great bottle from our rotating lineup. Night of the class, we’ll have the bottle ready for you!

Head to our website to grab your seats. We can’t wait to host you this fall! 🍁

08/20/2026

Hard to believe fall is almost here, but we’re excited to share what we’ve been planning. 🌾 Cooking classes are back, along with a few opportunities to join us at the table for dinner.

Tickets for all events go on sale this SUNDAY evening!

We have a few other things in the works - including something special to mark our first anniversary at Violet Hill Farm! We’ll share more as soon as we can.

We hope to see you on the farm this fall! 🍁

08/12/2026

A few of our favorite final courses of the summer 😋

Brown Butter Ice Cream Sandwich
pate au choux, peanuts, mixed berry powder

Vanilla Panna Cotta
raspberry coulis, candied walnuts

Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
spiced ice cream, dulce de leche

Peaches and Cream
pâte sucrée, pastry cream, crushed almonds

Banana Cream Pie
candied peanut

Peach Cobbler
vanilla ice cream, candied almonds, caramel sauce

Tallow Tartelettes
pastry cream, mixed berries, whipped cream

08/03/2026

Looking forward to a fun evening with this group! Mark your calendars 🌾

08/01/2026

What a busy July! 🌾

Our chickens went to processing this month. James says he misses them, but we’re definitely enjoying a short break from the daily chore routine! They were featured as the main course for our dinner with Hoffmann Farm & Forage and will be on the menu again for our dinner next Friday!

We also hit the road for two offsite dinners: one at Amanda Severson and another four hours away at Harvestville Farm in Donnellson, IA. A huge thank you to Knute & Amanda and Adam & Julie for inviting us to be part of your summer dinner series!

Sprinkled in were a handful of private events and a garden that took off. We welcomed many new faces and saw familiar ones, too. Thank you all for making this month so special! ❤️

Address

2126 Easter Avenue
Barnum, IA
50518

Website

https://www.violethillfarmia.com/

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