Ready to learn where your food comes from?
Scenic Rim Eat Local Month is the famous flavour celebration that will take place ALL JUNE this year – it was a week, but there was just too much flavour and food to experience, so now it’s a full month!! YUM!!!
It’s the perfect time and place to educate kids about where their food comes from – no, milk does not come from a carton, nor does corn come from a packet. It’s a cow and a cob respectively!
There are 139 events at Eat Local Month this year, with plenty specifically for kids and families… you can learn how mushrooms grow, and how to cook them; cuddle a camel at Summer Land Camels at the Little Farmer Humpty Day (and don’t forget to dress like a farmer); and take the family veggie picking at Valley Pride and Kalfresh Vegetables. You can also meet Towri Sheep Cheeses’ famous Hercules the racing sheep, and taste amazing cheese and honey at their Open Farm and a whole lot more.
Then, cap off the month by eating your way around the Winter Harvest Festival, Eat Local Month’s signature family event. It’s the Scenic Rim celebrated in one glorious, flavour-filled day, and everyone is invited! Meet Scenic Rim Food Ambassador Chefs, growers, producers and flavour-makers, take part in masterclasses and demonstrations, there’s produce stalls to wander and tasting stations to graze, and LOADS for kids to take part in!
AND …. THEN THERE’S THE WORLD FAMOUS TRACTOR PULL!!!!
This legendary event at the Winter Harvest Festival sees teams of people pull a tractor – yep, a real tractor – and whoever moves it the furthest wins! The reigning and long-time champions are the local butchers – can they retain the title? Will the Kalfresh Carrot Team rise up? Is there a mystery team secretly training right now, ready to create a new record?? Only time will tell – but you have to be there!
SO, let’s talk TRACTORS!
- Tractors that pull the carrot harvest trailer in the paddock are a John Deere 8370
- Tractors that pull the actual carrot harvester are a John Deere 7270R
- Tractors that do the groundwork are a John Deere 8RX 370
- Tractors that do the planting are a John Deere 610M
- The Anchor Tractor is an older style tractor used to anchor winch irrigators, a reliable workhorse!