Horsham Ag Society's chief executive Andrea Cross said there were a few factors in the decision to move the date.

"There were the chefs, they needed to start preparation on Sunday to do an event on the following Saturday. The second thing was the potential loss of food if we started," Ms Cross said.

The feast was originally planned to have one event on February 20 and the following event on February 27, but now the events will be back to back on the weekend starting on February 27.

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This weekend past, the committee had working bees planned to build the hay bale dining area.

"If the ban lifts on Wednesday, we have still lost five days of labour," Ms Cross said.

"It was labour in the terms of setting up, labour lost in getting food prepared. They were the biggest factors. So making that decision we had a clear path to create plan b.

"If the ban is lifted we have nine days to prepare the feast, more than the five days we lost."

Ms Cross said everyone, chefs, volunteers have been incredibly supportive.

"Working with professionals, they have really given us hope in our bid to pivot in this madness," she said.

"We have plans in the wings if things don't go according to plan."

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The 150 kilometre Feast was designed to be a celebration of produce around the area, working with 60 suppliers.

"You know people are out there hurting, businesses are hurting. It has dealt us a really heavy blow. This event was what was going to help us recover from the effects of COVID-19. To enable us not only to showcase the produce of the Wimmera but local suppliers of everything, from sewing our aprons to delivering produce," Ms Cross said.

"It was something to work towards during lockdown."

Horsham Ag Society were going to launch their Relapse to Recovery campaign, with the feast helping to fundraise for the country show later this year.

Ms Cross said the response from the community was humbling.

"It showed such great empathy when we were on skid row. Those calls were so welcomed," she said.

The feast will be condensed into a two day event.

"It takes a village to create an event like this," Ms Cross said.

"I'm so thankful for the people out there."

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