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Events
Get Ready for the 4th Annual Buy Local First Fair!
LIBA, Grasshoppers Distribution and Louisville Visual Arts Association for 2012 Buy Local First Fair Event at the Water Tower Louisville Independent Business Alliance, in conjunction with Grasshoppers Distribution and the Louisville Visual Arts Association, will host the fourth annual Buy Local First Fair Sunday, May 20, 2011, from 2-6 pm. The free admission [...]
Courtney Joins Our Team!
Courtney McCoy has recently joined the Grasshoppers team as our Customer Service Representative. Here are a few words from Courtney on what brought her to Grasshoppers: “I first began eating locally about three years ago when a friend asked me if I’d be interested in signing up for a CSA share with her. I [...]
tags: Customer Service Rep, Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, New Team Member
Grasshoppers to Host 1st Waterfront Wednesday April 25th
Grasshoppers is the local sponsor for the first WFPK Waterfront Wednesday Concert on Wednesday, April 25th starting at 6:00pm. We are happy to host this event in celebration of Earth Day. The concert will be headlined by JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound. Please join us and stop by our booth to say, Hello! [...]
tags: Earth Day, Grasshopper, Grasshoppers Distribution, Waterfront Wednesday, WFPK, WFPK Waterfront Wednesday
TEDx Manhattan SOLD OUT EVENT!
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 [...]
tags: Louisville, Louisville Events, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, Mayor Greg Fischer, TEDx, TEDx Louisville, TEDx Manhattan
TEDxManhattan: Changing the Way We Eat
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 [...]
tags: Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, Louisville Events, Louisville Free Public Library, Mayor Greg Fischer, Seed Capital Kentucky, TEDx, TEDx Louisville, TEDx Manhattan
SAVE THE DATE: TEDx Manhattan comes to Louisville
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.
tags: Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, Louisville, TEDx, TEDx Manhattan
Fill Your Passport When You BUY LOCAL!
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 [...]
tags: Buy Local, Grasshoppers, Holiday Passport Contest, Keep Louisville Weird, LIBA, Louisville
The Gift of Local Food!
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 [...]
tags: Buy Local, Family Scholar House, Grasshoppers, Louisville, Portland Promise Center, Salvation Army, Shawnee Arts & Cultural Center, The Center for Women and Families, Turkeys
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