Harvest Gathering Farm-to-Table Dinner
An Intimate, Locally-Sourced, Small Town Dinner
Every fall, we host an authentic farm-to-fork dinner always with the mission of bringing all of our friends, family and community members together to enjoy an intimate, locally sourced five-course meal while honoring our agricultural roots and celebrating all of the programming and events that take place in our community event venue, Bricker-Price Block in Earlham, Iowa.
About
Meet Chef Aaron Holt, owner and operator of Catering by Doolittle Farm
We’re thrilled to welcome back Chef Aaron Holt for the second year as our featured chef at the 2025 Harvest Gathering Farm-to-Table Dinner.
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A passionate advocate for local ingredients and sustainable agriculture, Aaron is the 2018 Iowa Restaurant Association’s Chef of the Year, winner of the 2019 Morsel Combat People’s Choice Award, and recipient of the 2022 Taste of Elegance Award.
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The Story Behind the Flavor:
Doolittle Farm is a 61-acre Iowa Century Farm located in Story City, established in 1905 by Aaron’s great-grandparents, William and May Doolittle. In 2018, Aaron took over ownership of the farm and began growing produce to support his culinary work. Today, he operates Catering by Doolittle Farm, a true farm-to-table catering and personal chef business.
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Aaron’s mission is to restore his family’s land to the kind of working farm his great-grandparents would recognize—rooted in regenerative agriculture and dedicated to a sustainable food future.
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Through Catering by Doolittle Farm, Aaron brings the best of Iowa’s bounty to the table, creating unforgettable meals that honor tradition, sustainability, and community.
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“From our family century farm to your table.”
Our 2025 Sponsors
Barn Raiser:
Harvesters:
Cultivators:
Seed Sowers:
Our Mission
The mission of our farm-to-table dinner is to not only honor our agricultural roots but to also celebrate all of the programming and events that take place in our community event venue at Bricker-Price Block.
This much anticipated event sold out in nine minutes in 2019.
The History of our Harvest Gathering Farm-to-Table Dinner
On October 20th, 2019, our very first farm-to-table dinner was set in the middle of our small town under farm-style lights in the middle of Chestnut Avenue in front of Bricker-Price Block in Earlham, Iowa. Since then, the Harvest Gathering Farm-to-Table Dinner has become an annual event that celebrates our community’s rural roots and encompasses a genuine sense of fellowship.
“What a great sense of community and fellowship to be a part of! The food was fantastic, the service was impeccable, and the company was perfection.”
– Megan, Harvest Gathering Guest
Photos by Harvest Photography