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Eat Local Week 2019 – it’s going to be delicious.
Best clear the diary from June 29 to July 7 – and the weeks leading up – because Scenic Rim Eat Local Week is coming and the flavours are extraordinary! Featuring more than 90 events from Canungra to The Lost World, Beaudesert to Boonah, Tamborine Mountain to Kalbar,...
Producers star in Eat Local Book Volume 2
Farmers are again the stars of volume two of the popular Scenic Rim EAT LOCAL cookbook, which profiles 26 local farmers, growers and makers. Authors Brenda Fawdon and Christine Sharp returned for the second volume, an initiative of the Scenic Rim Regional Council,...
The biggest Eat Local feast yet!
WOW! What a week. Scenic Rim Eat Local Week 2018 was the biggest one yet, breaking all previous records for attendance and participation. Final numbers won’t be in for a few weeks but the farms and businesses who welcomed visitors all reported strong crowds, with many...
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2019
Would you like to host an event in Scenic Rim Eat Local Week? We would like to hear from growers, producers, retailers, vineyards, breweries, businesses and groups that produce and use local products. Scenic Rim Eat Local Week in 2019 will run from Saturday 29 June to...
Carrot Clarinets sure to make sweet music
We all know carrots are a dinner and snacking staple but can you make your carrots sing? Head to the Winter Harvest Festival at Aratula on July 7 to see how you can turn your carrots into incredible musical instruments. Musician and renowned carrot clarinet musician...
Beer ice-cream? Let’s drink to that!
Cool down with these Scenic Rim ice-cream collaborations, created by regional food ambassador and MasterChef 2017 runner-up Ben Ungermann. Why drink your beer when you can have beer ice-cream? Who has time for tomato salad when you can cool down with a refreshing...
Wanted: Inaugural Eat Local Scenic Rim Champions
Authentic local food champions will be able to harness a growing hunger for Scenic Rim food and drinks year-round through the new Eat Local Scenic Rim accreditation program. Applications are now open for businesses in the food and beverage, agriculture, hospitality...
Eat Local Week plates up from Saturday June 30
Scenic Rim Eat Local Week starts on Saturday, June 30 offering visitors more than 90 opportunities to visit local farms, taste just-picked produce, drink the wine and beer, and meet the producers. Now in the 8th year, Eat Local Week celebrates the food, farmers and...
Explore the Lost World Farm Gate Festival
Eat and drink your way through the beautiful Lost World in the Scenic Rim's south. The popular Lost World Farm Gate Festival returns on June 30, the first day of Scenic Rim Eat Local Week. The Lost World community celebrates Eat Local Week by throwing open the farm...