Events

21st Annual Maple Syrup Festival at Sugarbush

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events, Farm Stories, In The News

This weekend is the 21st Annual Maple Syrup Festival at Leanne and Michael’s Sugarbush Farm in Salem, IN. This year’s festival runs February 25-26 & March 3-4 from 9:00am – 5:00pm. Grasshoppers will have a tent this year on the first Saturday of the event, so come out and say hello! Micheal sent over a [...]

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TEDx Manhattan SOLD OUT EVENT!

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events, In The News

  TEDx Manhattan has SOLD OUT! What a great day for the local food movement in Louisville, KY. We are so excited that 450 people have pre-registered for this amazing event. Saturday will be a day of food, fun and facts about what is happening on an international, national and local level with regards to [...]

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TEDxManhattan: Changing the Way We Eat

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events, In The News

We are hosting the 2nd annual viewing party for TEDxManhattan: Changing the Way We Eat. Please Join us on January 21st at the Louisville Free Public Library downtown for a fun and informative day of national discussion and local perspective working to create a sustainable food economy. Once again, Admission is FREE…Lunch is FREE…and Mayor [...]

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SAVE THE DATE: TEDx Manhattan comes to Louisville

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events

That’s right, it is that time of year again when we all sit down and talk about the “State of Local Foods!”  On January 21st, Louisville will be hosting the TEDx Manhattan satellite event. Mark your calendars now! Grasshoppers will be providing you with more information, soon.

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Fill Your Passport When You BUY LOCAL!

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events, In The News

Holiday Passport Contest Shop 5 to Win $1,000! From the members of the Louisville Independent Business Alliance. Give your community the gift of buying local this holiday season, and help Keep Louisville Weird!   How to Win: 1. Shop local! Collect receipts this holiday season from five LIBA member businesses (including  *GRASSHOPPERS*) between 11/16/2011 and [...]

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The Gift of Local Food!

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events, In The News

Grasshoppers is excited to announce, with the help of our generous customers, they are donating over 40 FRESH LOCAL TURKEYS to needy families and local charities in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday.   FRESH Turkeys are being provided by Schacht Farm in Monroe Co.,IN. The birds have been raised by Matt & Mandy Corry and [...]

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Thanksgiving Holiday Market 2011!

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events, Farm to Table

In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, Grasshoppers will be having a Thanksgiving Market on Monday, November 21st and Tuesday, November 22nd from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm at the main warehouse location located at 1501 Portland Ave., Louisville, KY.  Customers will be able to shop for all of their holiday grocery needs. We will have [...]

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2011 Kentucky Agricultural Summitt

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events

The goal for the Ag Summit is to paint the broad landscape of issues the ag community as a whole is facing nationally and internationally. They are bringing together expert speakers from around the country who will document the paradigm shift that is taking place in agriculture around the world. And they will use this day of learning [...]

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Yew Dell Slow Foods Cooking Class

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“Autumn’s Gold” – Harvest Slow Food Cooking Class   When: Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (ET) Where: Yew Dell Botanial Gardens – Gheens Barn 6220 Old LaGrange Road Crestwood, 40014 Hosted By: Yew Dell Botanical Gardens Event Details: $20/members (Slow Food or Yew Dell members), $25/non-members A full harvest and [...]

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Locust Grove: An American Heritage Thanksgiving Cooking Class & Tasting Event

By April Perkins. See more posts about: Events

Locust Grove & The Old School of Cookery presents: An American Heritage Thanksgiving Saturday, November 12, 1:00-3:00 pm Join Chef Mark Williams, Slow Food USA Southern regional governor, for a fun, interactive cooking and tasting event. Chef Mark and attendees will explore the roots and customs of the traditional American thanksgiving meal, with samples of [...]

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