About Native Foods

4 native bush foods you can find near you

Native foods! Incorporating them into our diet can be immensely pleasurable, giving an exciting diversity of flavours as well as a hit of nutrition...

Bushfood Science

Melbourne Bushfood Scientific Research Library Finding scientific literature on native foods and their nutritional benefits is hard to find. We'v...

A Fascinating Behind-the-Scenes Look at Wattleseed

I love wattleseed. There’s over 100 edible species with flavours ranging from sweet coffee and hazelnuts all the way to savoury popcor...

5 Native Bushfoods to Forage in Cities

Quandong Fruit When it comes to bushfood, most people think they need to look into the vast arid plains of interior bush land to find something e...

5 Benefits of Kakadu Plum

5 Benefits of Kakadu Plum Kakadu Plum, commonly referred to as Gubinge, Billy Goat Plum, or if you’re a Latin speaker, Terminalia ferdinandiana, i...

What is Lemon Myrtle?

Lemon Myrtle! What is it? It’s a crazy herb, filled with fresh undernotes of citrus, but is it fruit? Is it a leaf? And why the heck does it smell ...

River Mint

River Mint brings familiarity to the world of bush food. Native to South-Eastern Australia, you can find this delicious plant hiding in moist fores...

Sandalwood Nut

Vegan Friendly | Sustainably Sourced | Naturally Grown This semi-parasitical shrub in native to Western Australia where it produces hundreds of med...

Mountain Pepperleaf

Mountain Pepperleaf is powerful in providing a herbaceous, medderteranian styled flavour with an Australian twist. Produced from the dried leaves o...

Cinnamon Myrtle

Cinnamon Myrtle has many health benefits, and is simple to use. Its powerful herbaceous flavour helps to make a perfect roasted chicken, or to be a...

Aniseed Myrtle

Aniseed Myrtle is an Australian bushfood native to New South Wales. The tropical tree can grow up to 45 metres in the wild. It contains a powerful ...

Aniseed Myrtle

Aniseed Myrtle is an Australian bushfood native to New South Wales. The tropical tree can grow up to 45 metres in the wild. It contains a powerful ...