Farmstead Catering at Echo Farm

Farmstead Catering at Echo Farm Providing true seed to plate catering from ingredients grown on our own organic farm. Our growing season begins long before the snow is gone.

Farmstead Catering provides full service gourmet catering with all of the ingredients custom-grown and raised at Echo Farm. The farm provides pastured meats, organically raised vegetables and garden fresh herbs to make your wedding flavorful and elegant. Farmstead Catering has worked with venues and clients from all around the Adirondack Park to create wedding receptions that offer the very best i

n rustic food service. In February and March we sit with a list of the events we are catering, their respective menus, flower decoration requirements, and number of guests. We then get to work insuring that all the food is grown and raised with impeccable timing so the ingredients are peaking as your wedding day approaches! The variety of produce and animals raised here will vary from year to year based on the wedding menus that our clients select. However, most practices will remain consistent on the farm based on our philosophy and values. For instance, we raise heritage breeds of livestock and poultry. These animals have consistent access to pasture three seasons of the year. We also vow to never use any chemical fertilizers, synthetic pesticides or antibiotics in producing your food. The limited grain fed to the animals is organic. We welcome visitors, especially clients who have hired us to grow their food, to visit us during the growing season and literally see, feel and taste the ingredients to be used at their reception. This interaction is tremendously rewarding for both the wedding couple and us, the farmers. Hours of cultivating vegetables and milking goats at 6am comes much easier when we connect with the people who we are growing food for.

Our catered food is different. We harvest ingredients grown in our fields and prepare them just steps away from where th...
05/30/2025

Our catered food is different. We harvest ingredients grown in our fields and prepare them just steps away from where they were first planted.

This weekend, we're honored to be part of a wedding celebration. Our dishes will grace their table, creating an unforgettable culinary experience for the couple and their loved ones.

Also happening on May 10... get hyped, it's the 2025 Grand Hike! 🌄 Champlain Area Trails (CATS) is putting on their annu...
05/01/2025

Also happening on May 10... get hyped, it's the 2025 Grand Hike! 🌄

Champlain Area Trails (CATS) is putting on their annual Grand Hike on May 10. This event will be for all hikers, no matter what level, and will culminate in a vibrant finish-line celebration where WE will be hosting a pop-up with our very own burgers, dogs and brews!

We are thrilled to be a part of this event, which celebrates the beauty of the Champlain Valley. We feel a strong connection to this landscape, and the food that we grow and the way that we grow it has a direct impact on the scenery that we value so much. Eating locally from farms committed to preserving the heritage landscape enables the beauty of this area to be enjoyed by those who live and visit here for generations.

We would love you to join CATS in this celebration of our farmlands, mountains, towns and lakes, and then find us at the end of the trail for some much needed refreshments. đŸ”đŸŒ­đŸ»

👉 Register at https://www.champlainareatrails.com/programs-and-events/grandhike
👀 Watch this video to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18WFYK4xBk/

See you on the trail! đŸš¶

🎉You are invited to join Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm on May 10 from 5-8pm as we celebrate and support this incr...
05/01/2025

🎉You are invited to join Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm on May 10 from 5-8pm as we celebrate and support this incredible outdoor school! Gather with us for some delicious bites, foot-tapping tunes by Two Tall String Band, and exciting silent and live auction treasures. This will be a night full of joy, magic and meaning!

📍CFES Center, 2303 Lake Shore Road, Essex, NY

We are honored to be supporting this event with food from , grown, raised and prepared right down the road.

👉 Kindly reserve your tickets at https://www.lakesideschoolinessex.org/event-details/spring-fling-2025-1

✏ Tickets are complimentary; any and all donations and proceeds from the auction help to fund the Tuition Assistance Fund, because every child deserves access to early childhood education.

We can't wait to see you there!

Echo Farm, our farm, is the one that provides over 90% of the food for every catered event we put on. We just created Ec...
04/23/2025

Echo Farm, our farm, is the one that provides over 90% of the food for every catered event we put on. We just created Echo's first page, help us out and give us a follow! 👉 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575339871462 or search for Echo Farm ADK in the search bar on Facebook.

Our content over there will focus on what we do on the farm and why. It will give you an inside look at the process of vegetable and flower production, animal husbandry, dairy processing and so much more.

Behind the Scenes: The greenhouse is coming to life đŸŒ±What happens on the farm when the events slow down?A lot, actually....
04/09/2025

Behind the Scenes: The greenhouse is coming to life đŸŒ±

What happens on the farm when the events slow down?

A lot, actually. While the fields might look quiet, we’re deep in the work that makes everything run—planning crop rotations, repairing gear, starting seeds, and fine-tuning every detail for the season ahead.

Right now, we’re focused on growing what will end up on your plate at weddings, community dinners, and summer gatherings across the Adirondacks. The tomatoes don’t just show up. The flowers don’t arrange themselves. It all starts months before anyone shows up to celebrate.

This is the part most people don’t see—but it’s where the season really begins.

Stay tuned for what’s coming next.

Wedding season is almost upon us! 💍Here at Farmstead Catering we do more than just provide the food for your wedding. We...
02/26/2025

Wedding season is almost upon us! 💍

Here at Farmstead Catering we do more than just provide the food for your wedding. We offer you


-- A personalized menu of true farm-to-table food grown by Echo Farm that is 100% organically grown, planned with you and your event in mind đŸ„đŸŒŸ
-- Custom floral arrangements with flowers grown on the farm and arranged the morning of đŸ„€
-- Craft beverages using local ingredients, prepared on site 🍾
-- Locally made rentals to create beautiful and unique table-scapes
-- Wedding planning services and coordination to make the entire day seamless and stress-free

Reach out to us today to secure your date! 🗓

Gorgeous photos taken by and

The kitchen is ground zero when EVERYTHING is made from scratch! These talented folks (pictured) are getting it done. W...
09/17/2024

The kitchen is ground zero when EVERYTHING is made from scratch! These talented folks (pictured) are getting it done. We’re so honored to be partnered with to create an authentic farm to table meal for farmers ahead of a legendary concert Saturday! We are bringing and Braiding the Sacred to the table! If you haven’t checked out the Farm Aid project or want to see/hear some fabulous music down in Saratoga Saturday, check it out.

People often ask us why our team is so large, when our operation is so modest. That is: we only raise food on about 100 ...
03/14/2024

People often ask us why our team is so large, when our operation is so modest. That is: we only raise food on about 100 acres and have livestock numbers that are relatively small by commercial standards. Well, the answer is simple: vertical integration. Corporations stole this term to maximize profits. Here, we are using it to maximize value in the community. It includes employees, contractors, other artisanal producers snd many more.

The “value-added” to our finished product (in this case, a meal of food at picnics and events) isn’t just value the end-user pays for. It’s value that is created all the way back in the process of producing food that is so much more than a meal. It’s not just the chef, baker, bartender, or even farmer. It’s also the administrators, fuel truck delivery drivers, electricians, butchers, plumbers, ferriers, postal workers, book keepers, welders, veterinarians, carpenters and so on. Our team is much too large to even fit in a picture. It takes a village.

If we just wanted to make money and send the value elsewhere, we’d simply cut and paste the business we’ve built. Get the ingredients someplace else with the help of subsidies, outsource the hell out of everything and take a vacation.

But the farmers and makers in this area that grow, raise and produce food, fiber, medicine, flowers, etc. on this landscape with their grit and determination are dedicated to their communities as well. And they can build a full circle economy with your support. So please ask when buying “local”, what local means to them. What, and WHO, are the inputs for their product(s)?

The value added market is full of value loss; an economy that grows as much as it leeches back into the industrial global system we won’t soon see again.

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Shish Kebabs are a summer classic that plays to our strengths as harvest season approaches! Tonight’s main dish feature...
08/29/2023

Shish Kebabs are a summer classic that plays to our strengths as harvest season approaches! Tonight’s main dish features beef, peppers (look at those beauts), onions and more raised by Echo Farm and served with a curried yogurt over organic rice (we had to buy organic curry snd rice). We’ll have incredible sides and salads to accompany the kebabs as well. You can mix and match. Or maybe slow play a charcuterie/cheese board one of Keegan’s signature cocktails (Bourbon, Byrrh, ginger and mixed berry vermouth, basil & soda water) from a blanket while the sun sets?!

In addition to an incredible menu and drinks tonight we are supporting . We have hosted several trekking trips at the farm from orchestrates by this organization and have been happy to feed participants truly local food. If you want to find more information about their upcoming trips or the Hamlets to Huts in the Adirondacks you can visit their website.

All year our farmers and artisans work to prepare food/beverages that are rooted here in this landscape. And each week ...
08/22/2023

All year our farmers and artisans work to prepare food/beverages that are rooted here in this landscape. And each week (whether for wedding clients or the local neighborhood), we try to bring this experience to you. At tonight’s picnic we will be supporting and serving up a modified BLT sandwich (thanks ). Instead of bacon were using our own confit pork belly, 🍆 and some fresh đŸ„Ź (thanks ) and herbed aioli which comes with a small salad. A side of tomato red pepper gazpacho w/ buratta cream can be ordered separately. For dessert: Kolache (Czech sweet roll) with chocolate ganache. Yes we had to buy in organic chocolate which doesn’t grow in the Adk!!

On the beverage side of things you will find mocktails, cocktails and even a punch that will take your taste buds on a journey! Take your pick:
1. Herbed simple syrup, ginger beer & citrus.
2. Gin, lemon balm champagne, mint tea & soda water.
3. Bourbon, Byrrh, ginger and mixed berry vermouth, basil & soda water.
4. Cocchi Americano, Celery and White Wine sauce, sweet pepper juice, soda water.
We are expecting a big crowd tonight so please be patient with our small team/kitchen and soak up the view while we make a summer picnic memory together.

If you been looking for an excuse to get out to a picnic at the farm, our made-from-scratch cocktails, this week’s menu ...
07/24/2023

If you been looking for an excuse to get out to a picnic at the farm, our made-from-scratch cocktails, this week’s menu and are all great reasons to join us!! And the forecast looks 👌. We’ll be serving a lamb confit (hogget from the gang at Wollecru) in a garlic wrap w/ cucumber & green salad, a side of wheatberry-stuffed patty pan squash and you can top things off with a black currant pinwheel dessert roll! As always, our charcuterie, cheese and ferments board is going to be flush with offerings that preserve the best of the growing and pasture season.

On the beverage side of things we’ll be offering some herbaceous mocktails, our “spritz” (Rosen Bitter, cucumber water, lemon, herbsaint, soda water), a Heart to Heart” (Bourbon, artichoke liqueur, mint, lemon, grapefruit, soda water) and of course our popcorn with signature punch which is a great entryway into the whole experience at the farm. Additionally this week, we are offering beer from our friends .

We really can’t stress enough how the richness of this place (it’s landscape, people, and organizations) give meaning to our work. And we continue to strive to give some of that value back. This week we want to highlight the great work of . This institution in Westport is part of the main strip and speaks volumes to the passion and spirit of artists in our neck of the woods. The studio hosts art for display and retail as well as workshops and community events for all ages. Come on out and help support the art scene close to home!

Address

327 Walker Road
Essex, NY
12936

Telephone

+15183021018

Website

https://linktr.ee/farmsteadcatering

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