The Starter Kit

A sample of the Bushfoods Starter Kit, available on CD.

The Fruit A-C page is here.

Table of contents coming soon!

Help the Gorillas

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Beating around the bush

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From the Age

April 1, 2008

Mark OliveBush food crusader Mark Olive, of Outback Cafe.

Australians are finally coming around to eating kangaroo but have been slow to embrace native herbs and spices. John Weldon meets the converted and sees what's on offer.

THE Bush Tucker Man has a lot to answer for, says restaurateur and Boon Wurrung elder Carolyn Briggs. She laments Australians' reluctance to embrace indigenous foods in recent years, and says the ABC television series of the late 1980s was the country's first mainstream introduction to native foods. Les Hiddins, an army bush survival expert, drove his battered truck through the bush telling stories about the indigenous food and medicines used by Aboriginal people for thousands of years.

Gluten free report

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Gluten-free Grains
A demand-and-supply analysis of prospects for the Australian health grains industry
by Grant Vinning and Greg McMahon, Asian Markets Research Pty Ltd
September 2006 RIRDC publication no. 05/011
Executive Summary
What the report is about
Many grain and non-grain sources provide gluten-free raw ingredients. Of the grains, seven so-called 'health grains' were chosen for study-amaranth, buckwheat, millet, quinoa, sesame, sorghum and teff. This report provides data on the grains' production, health attributes, use and trade, both overseas and in Australia. Five of the grains-amaranth, buckwheat, millet, sesame and sorghum-are currently grown in Australia. Buckwheat production is oriented to the Japanese soba market, and millet and sorghum production is oriented to non-human consumption.
Who is the report targeted at?
The recommendations in this report will assist the Australian health grains industry to position itself to a wider market.

Bonyeeburra Festival 2009

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bunyaBONYEEBURRA Exhibition 2009 at Musgrave Park, South Brisbane

Dear Friends

You are invited to participate in the development and presentation of the BONYEEBURRA "people of the bunya” Exhibition.

BONYEEBURRA Exhibition aims to promote traditional culture and heritage through showcases by dance groups, Artists works, storytellers, Elders and leaders who identify their mob's connection to the traditional bunya ceremonies of southeast Queensland. Musgrave Park Cultural Centre hosts the renowned Musgrave Park Family Fun Day; with consideration to Queensland's celebrations of 150years and that Brisbane is the host city for the national NAIDOC celebrations; we propose to present BONYEEBURRA Exhibition initiative at the Musgrave Park Family Fun Day 10 July 2009.

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