The Sisters

Belinda Kelly is the founder of Happy Camper Cocktail Company, one of America’s first mobile bars. Simple Goodness Syrups, a line of naturally preserved, whole ingredient simple syrups, launched in 2018 due to the fanfare for her mobile bar's flavorful "farm to bar" cocktail menu. After a successful exit from cocktail catering in 2020, Belinda and her sister Venise opened the Simple Goodness Soda Shop, a modern "farm to glass" reimaging of the classic soda fountain.

Today Belinda co-owns the Simple Goodness Sisters beverage brand and has authored the book, "Drink Your Garden: Recipes, Stories and Tips from the Simple Goodness Cocktail Farm" (Norton/Countryman, 2025).

Perfect for a green thumb or great farmers’ market shopper alike, the book shares how to capture the intense, pure flavors of a season and naturally preserve them, with instructions for gardening and crafting everything drink-worthy.

Belinda's cocktail and mocktail classes on drinking your garden, zero waste bartending, and botanical beverages are presented whenever she has the time to fit one in- look for them around the Pacific Northwest!

Drawing on her expertise on both ends of the farm-to-bar movement, Belinda also consults brands on integrating the movement into their brand story. She loves food in all forms, serving others through serving drinks, bourbon and cold dips, singing Dolly Parton karaoke, and her family of wild boys. You can find her most often in the kitchen at the Soda Shop or her home garden, writing and testing new recipes.

Venise Cunningham is co-owner of Simple Goodness Syrups and the owner of Simple Goodness Farm. Venise transformed a 10 acre dairy property into the world’s first cocktail farm, growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers exclusively for use in cocktails. Since transitioning the farm from heirloom garlic to a cocktail garden in 2017, Venise has utilized time honored, sustainable practices like perennial planting, composting, animal integration, and planting diverse crops to promote soil health, support biodiversity and reduce water use on the farm. Her efforts have allowed the farm to flourish and support both the Simple Goodness Sisters product line and the menu at the Simple Goodness Soda Shop. ​Venise shares her cocktail garden experise in the book, "Drink Your Garden: Recipes, Stories and Tips from the Simple Goodness Cocktail Farm" (Norton/Countryman, 2025).

A first generation farmer, Venise has cultivated deep ties and connections with the local farm community. Her passion for growing healthier, local food has helped grow the Simple Goodness brand beyond her own farm, to source from likeminded family farms in the Pacific Northwest.  

As Chief Operations Officer, Venise manages shipping and logistics for Simple Goodness Syrups, and oversees each batch of syrup that is bottled in the production kitchen at the Soda Shop.

Venise’s personal motto is to “feed your dreams, and starve your fears.” On any given Sunday, Venise is probably out in the cocktail field with her kids Deyton and Cash behind her, teaching them the virtues and pragmatics of farm life as she works, while her husband, Ross, is either on a tractor or fixing one.