Festival celebrates farming, community and biodiversity

The Comeraghs Wild Festival will showcase the area's food products and tourist attractions

Sisters Ella, 9, and Robyn Whelan, 6, at the launch of the Comeraghs Wild Festival, which runs from July 7 to 10. Picture: Patrick Browne

Farmers have worked hard over the generations to earn a living from the country’s range of mountains.

They have coped with the vagaries of the weather as they herded sheep, milked cows and grew as much vegetables as possible on the rugged slopes.