OkterberFresh

Join the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association for a special harvest festival celebrating local, sustainable farms! Tantalize your taste buds with mouthwatering seasonal cuisine, produced in the Upstate, prepared and served by the area’s finest chefs. There will be tours of charming Patient Wait Farm, live music, and children’s activities, so bring your friends and family for an unforgettable evening of farm-fresh fun! Adults: $45 -Children ages 5-10: $15 - Children under 5: Free admission Purchase your tickets in advance! Tickets are limited and may not be available at the gate. Buy your tickets today! Featured Chefs & restaurants American Grocery, Chef Joe Clarke - Greenville, SC Soby's, Chef Shaun Garcia - Greenville, SC Summa Joe's Searing Pans, Chef Joe Fredette - Anderson, SC The Broken TeaPot, Chef Suni McMath - Woodruff, SC Desserts by: Marvelous Pies, Lisa Marvel - Traveler's Rest, SC Confections by: CocoBon Chocolatier, David Saidat - Anderson, SC More chefs COMING SOON! Other fun stuff: 30 Minute Walking Tours of Patient Wait Farms - Tours will begin at 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm. Guests interested in the tours should meet at the house 10 minutes prior to tour time. Children's tent with activities and crafts Live music featuring the bluegrass stylings of Anderson's acclaimed This House Burning (a fun review of the band appeared in the Aug. 12th Anderson Independent Mail) Patient Wait Farm Featured in the premier issue of Edible Upcountry... Gail & Mike Cooley 309 Trotter Rd. Piedmont, SC 29673 http://www.patientwait.com/ Patient Wait Farm is long-time dream of a Jersey Girl who found home in the SC Upstate. Gail and her understanding husband/farm hand, Mike, strive to provide a sustainable farm with high quality products, animals and service to the community. It all began with a couple of horses in the pasture, a pet goat -- and a desire to take an active role in food choices and the enivronment. They started raising heritage turkeys after Gail searched in vain for a healthier (and tastier!) turkey raised in the Upstate to serve for Thanksgiving. When unable to purchase locally, and with a "can-do" attitude, the family embarked on a quest to not only raise their own holiday fare, but to share with the community. Now Patient Wait also provides local farmers an alternative to the broad-breasted production bird and helps the homesteader with raising their own poultry. Meet their Animal Welfare Approved birds at OktoberFresh! Directions From Interstate 85, take SC-8 towards Easley (exit 32). Travel 0.7 miles and take the first right onto Trotter Road. Travel 0.8 miles and look for Patient Wait Farms on the left. Attendants will guide you to a pasture on the left where there is plenty of parking - a short, non-strenuous walk to the festivities. The event is Rain or Shine. Tickets are transferable but non-refundable.