One native food grower is planning to triple his produce in order to keep up with demandThe Outback Spirit Foundation describes Australia's native bush foods as superfoods due to their high nutritional value
Dominic Smith has planted two hectares of native food on his property at Monash in South Australia's Riverland and planned to triple that in the next few months to meet the growing demand for Indigenous food. His seven-hectare farm, Pundi Produce, is home to warrigal, a type of native spinach, as well as river mint, wattle seed and saltbush."Gotta get different varieties as well, so looking at desert lime and quandongs.
"So that's the next part and also three acres of bush tomatoes — as much as I can grow," Mr Smith said.
These stories never talk about the things that matter, the yield, setup and runing costs, profit margins, now and projected, once supply and demand even out. The sort of stuff you need to know if you want to know if the idea really is viable and can scale.
I know the demand for that 'authentic Australian flavour' must be straining growth. So, we Australians must start growing the edibles, in the Aborigine way. Bring us all together.🇦🇺Lobby Apple to include our Australian Sunset flag.