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Events
Thanksgiving Holiday Market 2011!
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 [...]
tags: Grasshoppers, Louisville, Louisville Events, Schacht Farms, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Market, Traditional American Thanksgiving, Turkeys
2011 Kentucky Agricultural Summitt
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 [...]
tags: BioEnergy Symposium, Commonwealth, Kentucky Ag Board, Kentucky Agricultural Summit, Kentucky Agriculture
Yew Dell Slow Foods Cooking Class
“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 [...]
tags: Autumn's Gold, Brown Forman Chef, Harvest Slow Food Cooking Class, Mark Williams, Slow Foods Bluegrass, Slow Foods USA, Yew Dell, Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, Yew Dell Gardens
Locust Grove: An American Heritage Thanksgiving Cooking Class & Tasting Event
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 [...]
tags: Bourbon Red Turkey, Cooking Class, Locust Grove, Mark Williams, Slow Foods Bluegrass, Slow Foods USA, Traditional American Thanksgiving
Start Eating Healthy!
November 2nd is National Start Eating Healthy Day. We will be celebrating on the UofL campus from 10:30am – 2pm. Come Join us for this wonderful day of encouragement and inspiration. We are working with the School of Public Health and Information Sciences, along with Get Healthy Now to encourage others in Louisville to make healthy choices. [...]
tags: American Red Cross, Get Healthy Now, Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, National Start Eating Healthy Day, UofL
It’s Time To Get Festive!
This weekend brings the 16th Annual Festival of Faiths. This year is the Sacred Air: Breath of Life. “When we talk about a “Festival of Faiths,” we are referring to a sustained series of annual events and programs, scheduled each year over the course of several consecutive days. Our mission is to celebrate the diversity [...]
tags: Breath of Life, Festival of Faiths, Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, Louisville Festival of Faiths, Sacred Air
Grasshoppers Cooks with WHAS Great Day Live
Grasshoppers Marketing Director, April Perkins, spent time in the WHAS 11 Great Day Live kitchen cooking with Rachel & Terry. Watch the fun unfold, while learning about the local food movement and all Grasshoppers is doing to encourage year-round consumption of local foods from Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Here is the recipe: Ingredients: 2 c. [...]
tags: Apple Buttermilk Pancakes, Apples, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, GDL, Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, Great Day Live, JD Country Buttermilk, Kentucky Proud, Local Agriculture, Local Food, WHAS, WHAS11
Farmageddon Screening with Slow Foods
Join Slow Foods Bluegrass for the screening of Farmageddon. The information below comes directly from the Slow Foods Bluegrass website. The Weston A. Price Foundation is screening Farmageddon at the Louisville Film Society, 810 East Market Street, on Saturday October 29th. Price: $3-5 Suggested Donation Screening Times: 2:10pm, 4:10pm, 7:00pm Americans’ right to access [...]
tags: Farmageddon, Farmageddon Movie, Farmageddon Movie Trailer, Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, Harvest Louiville, Harvest Restaurant, Kentucky Farmers, Kentucky Farms, Kentucky Proud, Slow Foods Bluegrass
JD Country Milk Open House
Need a fun day on the farm? Bring your family out to the JD Country Dairy farm for a free tour and lunch on October 29, 2011. Hours 11-3 Plant tours throughout the day Bottling demonstrations at 12 and 2 Milking demonstration at 1 Lunch will be served For more information, visit the JD Country Milk [...]
tags: Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, JD Country Milk, Kentucky Farmers, Kentucky Farms, Kentucky Proud, Louisville Events
Mighty Kindness Harvest Hootenanny
Don’t miss the Might Kindness Hootenanny this weekend, October 29th from 12:00pm-6:00pm. Grasshoppers will be participating with a booth at the event. We will be talking to people about local foods, turkeys and the importance of eating local. The Hootenanny is described as “a Community Unity Festival bringing together local earth, body, mind, spirit and [...]
tags: Grasshoppers, Grasshoppers Distribution, Harvest Events, Kentuky Proud, Louisville Events, Mighty Kindness, Mighty Kindness Harvest Hootenanny
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