The 13th Annual Sample Food Festival is held on Saturday 6 September 2025 at the Bangalow Showgrounds from 08:00am to 4pm.

From the Gold Coast to the lush Byron Bay hinterland and all the way down our spectacular coast, Sample food fest aims to connect you to the best restaurants, passionate producers and exceptional chefs of the Northern NSW region food trail and beyond.

Nadja new owner of festival joins us at 9.30am.

Honeybee Superfood: A breakthrough in preventing honeybee decline is thanks to an Oxford lab student, who created nutrient rich tubes of superfood. Studies show that colonies consuming the superfood “had up to 15 times more baby bees that made it to adulthood.” You’ll hear more about how this can potentially help to protect bees and our global food supply.

Sunscreen Pollution: What happens when sunscreen enters our oceans and freshwater? Though it may shield the skin from UV damage, sunscreen’s chemical ingredients (both organic UV filters and mineral formulations) are increasingly linked to environmental and human health risks, disrupting hormones, marine life, coral, and bioaccumulation in fish.