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Eat, Drink, Make, Learn, Uncover with Forage & Feast 2026
In 2026, the Forage & Feast Festival will return to showcase our local producers and provide a Taste of Summer in the Central Highlands. This festival invites visitors to indulge, rejuvenate, and explore the diverse food bowl on offer in our luscious region.
If you’re interested in hosting an event in the 2026 festival calendar, read more here and submit an EOI here!
If you’d like to join as the launch event this November for live music, a special preview of local goods from the producers that created them, and a first-hand look at the 2026 program, please RSVP here.
Feel the flavour, Meet the Maker at an Industry-Only Session before the Launch Event. This exclusive event will connect chefs, venue owners, and sommeliers with more than 30 of our region's finest artisan producers. This trade fair is a one-of-a-kind chance to set the tone for what regional sourcing can look like - authentic, exciting, and commercially powerful.
Hosted by acclaimed food writer Richard Cornish, this event offers menu inspiration, strategic networking, and a special preview of brand-new, unreleased, high-end product. If you're in the industry of taste and eager to join us, RSVPs are essential. Head here to register!
Meet the artisan makers, growers, and producers in the Central Highlands of Victoria.
If it can be grown from our soil or produced locally, you’ll find it here!
Creating a sustainable and restorative Australia starts with the way that we connect with our food. We support impassioned farmers to grow, thrive, and collaborate with each other. Our goal revolves around providing a space for consumers to comprehensively source pure, healthy food that comes from the rich soils and lush landscapes of the Central Highlands in Victoria. This is an important first step in creating a resilient, robust, and environmentally conscious food system.
The diverse, artisanal produce from our region is full of character, integrity, and vibrant flavour. Many producers adopt a holistic, regenerative approach that supports local food sovereignty and ensures high value goods are delivered from farm to table.
The Central Highlands Region in Victoria encompasses 6 Shire areas of over 14,600 square kilometres. It stretches along the Great Dividing Range from The Grampians in the West to the Lerderderg State Park in the East, and from the Golden Plains in the South to The Pyrenees in the North.
The Central Highlands region supports a range of cropping, livestock, and boutique businesses that ranges from truffles to beekeeping, flowers to cured meats, vineyards to distilleries, and so much more.
