National campaign will promote regionâs food and farmers HAPPER GROWERS: CC Diaz-Petersen and her husband Greg Petersen are looking forward to their Rosella Festiva, which will be part of the Forage Gympie Region campaign.
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Opinion piece by Councillor Shane Waldock
We all know the Gympie region is the place to be, although if there was a month that you just canât afford not to be here, itâs got to be May. We have just launched the âForage Gympie Regionâ campaign which highlights and promotes a full month of events, focusing on showcasing our local producers, growers and food-based businesses, right across the region. Some of the regionâs premier food and agribusiness operators have signed on as part of the program; delivering a true paddock and farm gate to plate experience.
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Subscriber only All but one of Gympie Regional Council s nine councillors has received a better report card from Gympie Times readers at the one year mark, than they were given six months ago. Mayor Glen Hartwig was top of the class with respondents to The Gympie Times online poll, scoring an A-minus for his performance 12 months into his first term in the top job. His result was buoyed by more half of respondents giving him an A (good), which boosted his grade from the B he was given in October last year. The remainder of Mr Hartwig s results were split almost evenly across grades B-E.