He echoed concerns about protecting the rights of Aboriginal people."The biggest thing is finance – as a young male who actually started off his business just on a shoe-string budget, the biggest thing I found was that you have got to have a lot of money backing you up," Mr Dann said.Mr Dann says the cost of running a business is a big deterrent for new players.
He said because many Aboriginal bush foods weren't yet widely available, there were extra costs associated with getting them approved for commercial sale. "They haven't got all the properties like banana and apple, we've got a totally different fruit and we have to get that analysed to tell us the properties as a fruit," Mr Dann said.Wongi woman Teena Forrest runs a catering business using a number of bush foods, including pig face, kwandongs, Kakadu plums and bush tomatoes.
"If we have native title and we have our own land that we're able to forage from, we should actually be exempt from those licences," she said.
What a crock. White chefs developed use of bush tucker in cuisine. Potatoes, tomatoes & more came from South America. If bush tucker is so good why aren't indig eating it like their ancestors.
$16 dollars for plum jam? Fear of being exploited? LOL
All Aussies have a fear of being exploited and also have other barriers limiting their involvement in industry not just Aboriginals. 🤔
Why is it important for Aboriginal people to be involved in the agriculture of native food sources?
Where are the Mentors and Entrepreneurs to help guide this indigenous industry?