UPDATE March 20: SBRC has postponed this event due to the COVID-19 crisis
March 3, 2020
South Burnett Regional Council will be hosting its second Food Horizon conference in Kingaroy at the end of this month as part of an ongoing program to build links between local food producers.
The first Food Horizon conference was held in October 2018 at Moffatdale with the aim to inspire food business expansion by encouraging value-adding and diversification.
Food Horizon 2020 will build on this with industry tours, panel discussions at the Kingaroy TAFE and master classes.
Visitors will be able to choose from one of three study tours:
- Moffatdale – Hidden Gold Homestead, Moffatdale Ridge and Barambah Cellars
- Kingaroy – Proteco, PCA and SunPork
- Kumbia – Bunya Red, Kingsley Grove, Easy 8 Orchard and Taabinga Homestead
Presentations at the TAFE college will include discussions about crowd-funding and export readiness.
Panel 1 will focus on food tourism and local agritourism businesses.
Panel 2 will be a celebration of “provenance on the plate” with well-known celebrity chef Matt Golinski and local chefs Jason Ford and Roberta Schablon.
Master classes on food and agritourism will be led by Lisa Cavallaro (Brisbane Marketing) and Rose Wright (Regionality P/L).
Tickets for the study tours, welcome function, conference and master classes can be booked online
Council’s economic development unit, Business South Burnett, is hosting the conference between March 31-April 2 with support from Brisbane Marketing through its Future Food Initiative.
