It was the perfect recipe. Stunning weather, a few celebrity chefs, award winning Hinterland produce and more than 120 guest form all over the world all blended into one Kenilworth farm to experience our finest food and wine. The Walker Family Farm in Kenilworth hosted an unforgettable lunch as part of the Noosa International Food and Wine Festival. The Gazette was there to capture the experience food lovers will remember forever.Casey Walker grew up in Kenilworth on the family's dairy farm, and like many farming children she left home for the big wide world. Casey married George, a builder with little intention of ever being a farmer. In 2010 they moved to Kenilworth with their three beautiful children, Lachlan, Abbie and David, and in 2012 they purchased the family farm. Casey said the Queensland dairy industry was going through some tough times, they knew there was a need to diversify, "We looked into stack farming and found we could farm chickens on the same land as cattle," Casey explained."They don't compete with each other and complement each other. So we started farming the chickens as well and the demand for our eggs and chicken has been great."It was while visiting friends in South Australia to work at their food and wine event that Casey and George met esteemed chef Marty Boetz from the Long Grain restaurant in Sydney and they became good friends."In short Marty helped us get involved the Noosa festival and this is the first year we have been part of the festival," Casey said. "It was a collaborative effort to prepare and serve our produce with local chefs while a few local food producers mingled with guests. It was all coordinated by Martin Duncan from Freestyle Escape at Montville, he was just amazing and it made the lunch a great event."The Walker family greeted guests as they got off the bus, "It really gave us the opportunity to create awareness of the food we can produce here on the Sunshine Coast," Casey said."It is all up to consumers really, they have the power to make conscious decisions about the food they buy. People need to connect to farmers and the land again and make the effort to find out if animals are being treated humanely; it truly matters."Hosting the festival at the farm was not about selling eggs. "It is all about educating consumers so they can make good choices," Casey explains. "And it is about getting young people excited and interested in farming again, we need to attract the younger generation and teach people how to cook food from scratch."The world needs more people like Casey Walker and her family. How lucky we are to have them living in our backyard.Look out for the next edition of the Gazette and read all about Lachlan Walker and his business Lachies Chooks. For a sneak preview visit his facebook page or visit www.walkerfarmfoods.com.au