Bush food industry worth $80m but could double by 2025: study

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Rebecca Paris, who runs Adelaide-based Australian Native Food Co, says consumers are missing out on flavours unique to bush foods.

from the University of Sydney, was worth $81.5 million in the 2019-2020 financial year, with the potential to double by 2025.is worth more than $100 million annually, according to the Department of Fisheries, Agriculture, and Forestry.

Identifying what native crops can grow where was an important first step in scoping potential native food industries to support farmers. “Modern non-native crops such as sugarcane and wheat need intensive cultivation, irrigation, herbicides and pesticides, and are grown as monocultures,” he said.

 

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