Taste the region at local festival - Bundaberg Today

The TASTE festival is back and within hours if not minutes many of the ticketed events sold out.

Whilst its great to see community members eagerly await these events which celebrate local produce, culinary chefs, and masterclasses unfortunately there’s only one percent of tickets available for the Bundaberg population hence they sell out so quickly.

I myself only managed to get tickets to two events however I look forward to seeing lots of people attending the un-ticketed events like the Farmer’s Market which is being held Saturday 6 August 7am-2pm at the Bundaberg Recreational Precinct.

BFVG are calling for all producers to have a stall at the event which is a BFVG and Bundaberg Regional Council co-branded event.

We will provide everything to make the day as simple as possible including a 3x3m marquee, cold room on site and set up support the day before including access to a forklift and driver.

If growers cannot be present on the day BFVG is also offering to sell your produce on your behalf.

For the community members you can expect to see beautiful local produce for purchase and all-day cooking demonstrations by top chefs Kirsten Tibballs, Dan and Steph and Colin Fassnidge.

The cooking demos will be hosted by myself and Joey Carauana from the Windmill who will be sharing local stories and produce information throughout the day.

We recognise the cost of fruits and vegetables have risen substantially due to weather impacts and produce shortages across the Nation but consider how lucky we are to live in a region that grows produce year-round, at this year’s event you can expect to pick up anything from sweet potatoes to strawberries to cherries to zucchinis.

But don’t expect to get this produce dirt cheap, this is premium produce, and the cost of production has soared to new unsustainable levels for producers. What you can be assured though is the price you pay is going directly to our local farming families who give back to our community through employment opportunities, direct sponsorship of many community events and support services in the region.

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