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Apply to be part of Eat Local Week 2015
Eat Local Week returns for 2015, from June 27 to July 5. This week-long celebration of the region's food and farming culminates in the popular Winter Harvest Festival on Saturday July 4. If you're a food producer, a farmer, or are involved in the food, wine or craft...
Scenic Rim produce on Homage menu
Scenic Rim produce is the star of the new Homage Restaurant at Spicers Hidden Vale. Head Chef Ash Martin makes regular farm visits to collect super-fresh produce direct from the producers. In this video he visits Tarome Freshwater Crayfish farmer Rob Hutchings and...
Scenic Rim 4Real Milk on Landline
The Dennis family of Tamrookum told the story of their Scenic Rim 4Real Milk and their robotic milking machines on Landline recently. Greg Dennis is the newly-crowned Australian Dairy Farmer of the Year. The dairy farm, near Beaudesert, is a popular inclusion in Eat...
Landline features Eat Local Week
ABC Landline recently featured Scenic Rim Eat Local Week and the Kalfresh Carrot Field Day, held as part of the week-long celebration of food and farming. Watch the Landline Story.
Fantastic support from media
Scenic Rim Eat Local Week and the Winter Harvest Festival received some fabulous support from the media, blogging and digital publishing communities. Food writer and blogger, Kerry Heaney, ran a great spread of photographs and information on her Eat, Drink + beKerry...
Kate’s lemon myrtle chicken
Scenic Rim caterer and cooking school teacher, Kate Raymont, shared her recipe for Lemon Myrtle Chicken with ABC Radio Brisbane's Terri Begley. The dish proved very popular at the Winter Harvest Festival. Find the recipe here.
Record crowd for Winter Harvest Festival
Record crowds were reported throughout Scenic Rim Eat Local Week, with the signature event The Winter Harvest Festival, attracting well over 3000 people to Aratula on Saturday July 5. The eight-day celebration of Scenic Rim food and farming attracted thousands of...
Harvest Festival boasts bumper schedule
Bite into the Scenic Rim on Saturday at the Winter Harvest Festival, Eat Local Week’s signature event. The authentic festival of food and farming is on this Saturday, July 5 at the Aratula Community Sports Complex, and features food stalls, live music, children’s...
Songbirds and Scenic Rim produce
Songbirds chef Jasper Kan took ABC Gold Coast's Scott Lamond for a tour of his kitchen garden ahead of Eat Local Week. Jasper has prepared an incredible five-course degustation menu for Eat Local Week, featuring fresh ingredients from around the region. Hear him talk...