CHEESE-MAKING lessons, butchery, magic mushrooms, kitchen gardens, and foraging will all feature in this year's Harvest Festival.
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The annual event will give people the chance to get their hands dirty alongside producers, growers, chefs and wine makers.
On from April 24 to May 3, it will honour the region's produce bounty, says Daylesford Macedon Produce chair Alla Wolf-Tasker AM.
"Celebrating the harvest is a tradition going back centuries all over the world," Ms Wolf-Tasker said.
"It’s a time for giving thanks of the place where we live but also getting together with friends and colleagues to celebrate and showcasing what we do best to visitors."
Ms Wolf-Tasker said there were some terrific "bones" in terms of growing and production in the region, with mineral volcanic soils and underground sources of water.
She said there was also a burgeoning industry of passionate small scale artisan producers, making for an enviable area.
"People are considerably more interested in the provenance of their food nowadays," she said.
"They want to connect with the source of their food and find out more about it."
Ms Wolf-Tasker said reaped considerable economic, cultural and well being benefits as a result.
"(We) engage in a local food culture and are surrounded by small, best practise farms," she said.
"There are many communities who want to emulate the considerable blessings and advantages we have."
For the full program go to www.dmproduce.com
