Mabu Mabu means “help yourself” and you can't but help yourself to the gorgeous products this Melbourne based bar and kitchen welcomes you to explore full of Australian Native Food and Australian Native Fruits.
Mabu Mabu's small batch teas, spices, and sauces with Indigenous and tropical flavours are all made by hand and sourced from suppliers who are passionate about sustainable practices.
Mabu Mabu is an Australian restaurant and catering company based in Melbourne. It was founded by chef and entrepreneur Nornie Bero, a Torres Strait Islander woman with Indigenous Australian heritage. Mabu Mabu, which means "help yourself" in the Meriam Mir language from the Torres Strait Islands, offers a unique dining experience with a focus on Indigenous Australian flavours and ingredients.
What makes Mabu Mabu unique is its commitment to showcasing native Australian ingredients and supporting local Indigenous communities. The restaurant incorporates native bush foods and traditional cooking techniques into its dishes, offering a contemporary take on Indigenous Australian cuisine. The menu features a variety of dishes inspired by the diverse Indigenous cultures across Australia, including dishes like kangaroo, wallaby, and crocodile, as well as an array of native fruits, spices, and herbs.
Mabu Mabu is also dedicated to sourcing ingredients directly from Indigenous suppliers and farmers, supporting their communities and promoting sustainable practices. This approach not only highlights the richness and diversity of Indigenous Australian culinary traditions but also contributes to the preservation and celebration of Indigenous culture.
Furthermore, Mabu Mabu goes beyond being just a restaurant by offering catering services and conducting workshops, events, and collaborations that promote Indigenous food, culture, and knowledge. The restaurant serves as a platform for raising awareness about Indigenous history, traditions, and the importance of supporting Indigenous communities.
In summary, Mabu Mabu stands out for its unique blend of contemporary and traditional Indigenous Australian cuisine, its use of native ingredients, its support for Indigenous communities, and its dedication to preserving and sharing Indigenous culture.
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http://www.somethingwild.com.au
An indigenous owned business. They have a shop in the Central Market in Adelaide but ship Australia Wide.
Information from their website.
Something Wild specialises in a range of Indigenous Food and Open Range Game meats. Our shop is located at the Adelaide Central Market, and is a must-see to experience true Australian outback products right in the heart of Adelaide.
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Information from their website.
Conscious Lifestyles have been doing so since 2012. Apart from catering using ethically sourced native ingredients, themed events around them, we teach people about the value of native vegetation for food and medicine on wild foraging excursions. Weve also worked with Aboriginal people on numerous events and will be continuing to do so in the future, we are also conscious of cultural appropriation.
]]>It’s only fitting that the very best of Australia’s produce and wine take centre stage at the iconic Sydney Opera House’s Bennelong restaurant. Celebrated Australian chef Peter Gilmore steers the diner through the diversity of the nation’s home-grown flavours introducing what he envisages as the essence of Australian cuisine.
Bennelong serves to celebrate the Sydney Opera House and its extraordinary architecture by offering a culturally significant and inspiring menu showcasing a most magnificent production of Australian food and wine.
Executive Chef Peter Gilmore explains the philosophy that drives Bennelong:
“Bennelong is all about the provenance of the food we are serving. The menu is very much crafted in partnership with the farmers, fishermen, breeders and providores from across the land with whom our chefs work together with every day. It’s a two way process: we’re responding to what’s in season and the best of what producers are bringing us, but on another level, we are planning menus a season or two ahead, working hand-in-glove with our producers to develop ingredients tailored to Bennelong’s menus.
An absolute must go to when in Sydney.
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Harvester, Grower and Wholesaler of many varieties of Wattleseed
Contact Angus Jones directly for pricing on angus@wattleweeat.com
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AMJ Produce is an Award winning, well-established wholesale produce vendor and a strong supporter of South Australian Agriculture. Fresh fruits and vegetables are at the heart of healthy eating.
The driving force behind AMJ Produce is a proactive commitment to deliver fresh produce to the doorstep of our customers when they need them.
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Info below from their website
We harness fresh ingredients, with a focus on locally sourced produce, presenting it in a unique location to create an unforgettable degustation dining experience. Crafted with passion and prepared before your eyes we bring out the taste and excitement of the region with each dish served. An Australian experience unlike anything you can imagine. Our field of Australian produce is ever expanding as we visit different regions, move with the seasons, gain knowledge and understanding and incorporate this into the experience that reflects "Fervor".
Fervor works in partnership with local communities, Traditional Owners and businesses to promote the beauty and assets of each region across the country. With strong ties to the land and environment, Fervor leaves no trace of an event upon completion.
Paul Iskov
bookings@fervor.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/fervorfood
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Chef, restaurateur, cookbook author & TV presenter. Kylie has been an avid champion of Australian Native Foods for many, many years.
Info from her website
My professional cooking career began with a four-year stint as head chef of Sydney's Wockpool, a modern Asian noodle bar and restaurant owned by Neil Perry and Trish Richards, then from mid-1998 I headed the kitchens of two cafes in Sydney, bills and bills2. Inspired by the strong sense of individuality that made these places stand out from the crowd, I began to dream about having my own restaurant one day.
In 1999, I went on a life-changing trip to China. Of course, food featured prominently, but it was a visit to a traditional Shanghai-style tea house that really moved me. The room was furnished with polished rosewood tables, complete with matching stools that fitted neatly under the tables like a jigsaw puzzle. I felt like I was inside a beautiful lacquered box, exquisite in every detail. I decided then and there that I wanted to capture this moment and release its essence in my own restaurant…
When the original Billy Kwong opened its doors, in May 2000, we breathed life into our vision of a small, energetic and vibrant eating house that served fantastically fresh Chinese food. But after 14 successful and very happy years on Crown Street, the time came to gather up our woks and move to a bigger space in Potts Point, somewhere we could grow and take Billy Kwong to the next level. In partnership with colleague David King, Billy Kwong is all about celebration, collaboration and community.
Starting from the strong foundation of my Chinese heritage, my cooking style has been shaped by living in Australia, where we have access to some of the world’s finest produce, including seafood from pristine waters and a bountiful array of Asian fruit, vegetables and herbs. I’m never happier than when I’m at a market surrounded by amazing fresh food – which is why, every Saturday morning, you’ll find me at Sydney’s Carriageworks Farmers Market, selling dumplings and pork buns, pancakes with salt bush, and sticky rice parcels of macadamia and warrigal greens. The vibrant taste of these indigenous wild greens and herbs has been a revelation for me, as has the tender wallaby meat from the salt-dusted pastures of Flinders Island, and in recent years I have incorporated these ingredients into my food to create a distinctly Australian Chinese cuisine.
Along the way, I have been inspired and influenced by some great cooks and food writers – from my mother to Alice Waters, Stephanie Alexander, Neil Perry, Stefano and Franca Manfredi, Maggie Beer, Elizabeth David, Fergus Henderson, Rene Redzepi and Alex Atala.
Through my own books, TV series and public appearances, I seek to share the passion for food and family that has been a constant in my life.
My first book, Kylie Kwong: Recipes and Stories, introduced the wonderful home cooking, family gatherings and Chinese banquets that nourished me and helped to shape my future. Kylie Kwong: Heart and Soul traced my life with food, family and friends, from hanging out at my uncle’s noodle factory as a child to holding a steamboat party. From the response to the accompanying TV series, I realised how daunting people can find the prospect of cooking Chinese food at home, and so with Simple Chinese Cooking I sought to demystify the intricate methods and exotic ingredients that have produced one of the world’s great cuisines. The long-awaited follow-up, Simple Chinese Cooking Class, combines master classes in time-honoured Chinese techniques such as tea-smoking and pickling with inspiring recipes to expand your repertoire.
I am endlessly fascinated by travel, and the opportunity it offers to learn more about food traditions worldwide. A growing awareness of Chinese regional cooking, as well as a profound urge to reconnect with my relatives in China, has led me to return to my ancestral homeland many times. The story of my journey through the food, history and culture of China and Tibet is captured in both a TV series and a book, My China: A Feast for all the Senses. Closer to home, It Tastes Better is a celebration of the growers, farmers, fishermen, artisans and food providores behind the sustainable food I love, with simple recipes inspired by their beautiful produce.
I firmly believe that our food choices should be ethical, sustainable and supportive of both the natural and human environment. By spreading this message, and through my ongoing support for the work of organisations such as Slow Food, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, MAD, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, Oxfam and the Half the Sky Foundation, I am determined to do all I can to make the world a better place.
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ONE OF OUR FAVOURITES!!!
Yarri honours nature, seasonality, and our region - the people, produce and place
Located in Dunsborough - gateway to the Margaret River region - Yarri is for families and fun, or treats and date nights; it’s for Sunday sessions and quick bites; or long lunches and making memories.
Yarri Restaurant + Bar is a collaboration between co-founders of Snake + Herring Wines Redmond Sweeny, Sal and Tony Davis, and chef Aaron Carr.
At Yarri we source ethically produced seasonal ingredients and present them simply, at their fullest potential. Yarri cuisine is a celebration of the specialist growers and farmers, vignerons, distillers, fishermen, butchers, cheesemakers; and many more people that make up our region.
Our restaurant is a celebration of their commitment to good food and quality in the glass.
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Specialise in value add as well as an array of herbs, nuts and spices. Products can be purchased in small or large quantities and posted all over Australia.
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T & F All States has begun a new era in fresh produce providoring.
Our number one passion and focus is supplying quality fresh and prepared fruit and vegetables direct to you. T & F All States proudly support the Hospitality and Food Services Industry in Sydney, Blue Mountains, Newcastle, Hunter Valley, South Coast and Canberra with daily deliveries.
Saying is one thing - Doing is another...T & F All States are doing it. We supply hotels, restaurants, catering companies, shipping, hospitals, schools, food production businesses, and more.
Please call us to find out about our range of products and services, and how we can add value to your business.
]]>NATIF values the importance of evidence based and traditional information about native foods, where they come from, how they are processed, the method and ethics of collection and rights of the Indigenous people who collect some of this food. NATIF supports the work of the KINDRED SPIRITS FOUNDATION and donates to CHILDREN'S GROUND. NATIF seeks to raise awareness and connection to our environment.
An array of value add products, powders, dried spices and herbs.
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Info below from their website
Prior to the white man settling in Australia, traditional aboriginal people lived off the land as nomadic hunters and gatherers for over 40,000 years. Over 1000s of generations they have acquired the skills to use the natural resources nature has to offer. Fully understanding what could be eaten, used for medicine etc. From this we now have a rich knowledge of unique natural Australian ingredients that have distinctive tastes, to this country. Some plants have been accepted into mainstream western ideas too, for their tastes, health/medical properties… From the dry arid interior to the lush rainforests.
At Bush Food Australia, we:
supply commercial quantities of wattle seed roasted and ground (Acacia victoriae) for the Australian native food, cosmetic, revegatation (Raw Seed), dietary supplement and pharmaceutical industries.
supply many other native foods and materials on request.
work hand in hand with the South Australian Government and private land owners to collect wild harvested seed. Permits are gained to collect on crown land under strict guidelines, to protect the environment, for future harvest.
are constantly seeking ways to refine our collection, cleaning, roasting and grinding methods to ensure a first grade product.
support research into nutrition and health, production and food technology and recipe development.
Macadamias
We only use sea salt, which doesn't contain additives, and our nuts are dry roasted at a low temperature to ensure the goodness is kept in.
Our chocolate-coated variety ensures you the perfect fusion of whole macadamia nut with dairy milk Cadbury chocolate. We guarantee 33% whole nut - two parts chocolate, 1 part nut. Most other processors use halves rather than wholes, and provide only 20-25% macadamia nut.
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GROWER CONSULTATION SERVICE
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
NATIVE FOOD PLANTATION TOURS
https://www.playingwithfire.com.au
Fresh produce and value add.
Information from their website.
Playing with Fire is owned by Gus Donaghy and Rebecca Barnes. We found inspiration one day when wandering through the bush we discovered the delights of native raspberries. A trial crop was planted a few months later and was a huge success. Our appetite for Australias indigenous foods was born and still grows today. We are fascinated by the variety, nutrition, taste, colours and smells of foods available and largely ignored by white man. We operate from beautiful Ballina by the Sea in northern New South Wales and have become passionate about this regions rainforests and coastal heaths.
Some years on from our original discovery and the potential for these fruits has only grown. We have been supplying rainforest fruits for testing and research to Food Science Australia . Their research has shown these fruits are literally loaded with anti-oxidants and health-giving nutrition. Clinical trials are underway to investigate further bioactivity including antimutagenic and anti-cancer activities. we'll keep you posted....................
To see more on the research click on the following link:
http://www.csiro.au/news/ps3ax.html
http://marvicknativefarms.com.au/
Fresh produce and value add.
Information from their website.
In Western Australia they are grown in Mogumber by Mark Andrew and Vickie Shina who are pioneers in this fledgling industry.
Vickie and Mark lovingly care for around 1000 trees which produce five varieties of Bush Lime, namely the Ruby, Golden, Finger, and two varieties of Desert lime.
Meyer Lemons, Wattleseed and Bush Tomatoes are also grown on their farm which backs on to the beautiful Moore River.
The tiny green Desert limes which look similar to cherry tomatoes are their favourites, and possess the highest vitamin C content of any citrus fruit.
Mark, a chef, is renowned for his unique Australian recipes.
]]>Amazing Gallery and value add selling bush tucker products, catering and education.
Information from their website
'Maali' is the Wardandi word for the black swan and along the Western and Southern cost of the South West, 'up' means place of ("up" changes to "in" at the border of Wiilmun boodja). To learn more about the Langauage Groups of the South West of Western Australia, visit our Bibbulmun (Noongar) Kaatidjin page.
Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery is a wonderful place to visit in Perth, Western Australia when you want to purchase authentic Aboriginal Art and experience local bush tucker.
Maalinup is the Place of the Black Swan, which acknowledges our location here in the picturesque Swan Valley, Perth, Western Australia. The Swan Valley is the oldest wine growing region in Western Australia and home to great wineries, restaurants and attractions. You can make a day of it or stay in one of the many accommodation options.
We are just 35 minutes from the Perth CBD. A “must see” stop on any trip to the Swan Valley. Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery is unique to Perth as an Aboriginal owned and operated enterprise offering Aboriginal cultural activities, talks, performances and bush tucker, as well as a gallery full of local Aboriginal art, exquisitely different hand painted gifts and high quality Australian made souvenirs. Drop in and sample sauces, jams, chutneys, oils and dukkahs from our bushtucker range or treat yourself to a handmade soap or book.
Our Aboriginal cultural performances for groups with dance, didgeridoo, storytelling and a bush tucker supper are an interactive evening of education, entertainment and eating. Bushtucker Talks and Tastings including our Bushtucker Garden are very popular. See our Cultural Activities page.
Specialising in art from the South West, proudly displayed are works by well known local artists.
Framed and unframed works are available and shipping can be arranged.
Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery is owned and operated by Maali Mia Pty Ltd, a wholly Indigenous owned and operated company.
]]>Amazing Aussie Native Nursery for edibles
Information from their website
Our goals for Tucker Bush-
Popularise native edibles in our modern lifestyle and cuisine - both through home growing and gourmet cooking.
Make Australian native edibles more readily available to average home gardener.
Help young Australians grow up with a stronger connection to nature and their food supply.
Help gardeners successfully grow species that thrive in our soils and climate.
Influence a cultural shift that contributes to preserving Australia’s food security and biodiversity.
Our big vision is to have every Australian garden include an indigenous edible plant and to educate gardeners (and children) in the process.
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Information from their website
An array of Native powders, extracts and value add products
There’s a new group of superfood contenders. They come from an exotic and faraway land, where the weather is warm, the beaches are pristine and the forests are lush. This powerful group of fruits and seeds is so rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, that it surpasses the past superfood master, the blueberry, and sets new global standards for nutrition and taste.
It’s Australian native bush food.
OK, truthfully, they are not so new. They have been growing in Australia for over 50,000 years, sustaining our Aboriginal people as sources of food and medicine. So we, as proud Australians, are thrilled to announce that after a mere few hundred years, we’ve finally caught on. The Australian Superfood Co celebrates native Australian produce in its creation of the Australian Bush Food Product Range. Discover the staggering nutritional powers, history and delectable flavours of our unique, nourishing range of ancient Australian Superfoods.
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Multiple products. Specialises in Riberry.
Email Rus Glover for details rusglover@westnet.com.au
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Fresh and dried Lemon Myrtle and Mountain Pepper Leaf and berry
Information from their website
Lemon Myrtle and Mountain Pepper, fresh or dried, may be purchased direct from South Australia’s premium grower Tumbeela Native Bushfoods in the Adelaide hills.
Tumbeela is a small but imaginative family business looking for something different, something special, something to make good food even better.
We supply premium hotels, restaurants, innovative cafes and the better bakeries and have a delightful range of native products for home use.
Lemon Myrtle leaf: what is it, where to buy it and how to use it?
Lemon Myrtle leaf, fresh or dried, is a game changer. Creative chefs are using it in stunning ways across their repertoires from entrees to deserts. Home cooks too are responding to the magic of Lemon Myrtle, using it to create new taste horizons for favourite dishes.
The leaves of the Lemon Myrtle when crushed or infused exhibit an exquisite flavour not unlike lemon, limes and lemon grass. Lemon Myrtle has a natural affinity with seafood, chicken dishes, pork and curries. It is superb in cakes, ice cream, pasta and soups.
It makes a refreshing, delicate and calming tea. it is both versatile and unique.
Quite simply Lemon Myrtle is a winner and it is Australian.
Mountain Pepper leaf: fresh or dried
Mountain Pepper leaf is another stunner, subtle but definitive. The leaves are traded as fresh, whole, dried or ground. While not a true pepper the leaves are hot, zesty and full
of pepper like flavours. the heat dissipates with cooking, leaving the soft flavours of the Mountain Pepper sitting under the flavour of your dish.
Ideal for roasts, curries, tomato or cheese dishes, pate and pasta – infact any dish which calls for pepper.
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Clayton Donovan is Australia’s only hatted Indigenous Chef. preciously at The Janning Tree, Clayton has just begun a new adventure combining live music and Australian Native Food at The OZ Tuning Fork. See facebook for details.
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Visits and tours are welcomed and catered to the interests and needs of each group and can include paddock tours, harvesting, processing, information session, tastings and cooking classes.
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Some information from The Adelaide Review and his Facebook
For enquiries email: shan.flem12@gmail.com
Fleming splits his work time between catering jobs as owner of Forgotten Seasons and head Chef at Lot 100 in the Adelaide Hills. The native food enthusiast also consults for companies such as Something Wild, works closely with Ngeringa and guest chefs across the country. His idyllic Hills lifestyle is a million miles from the pressures of a professional kitchen, an environment Fleming called work for 17 years. When he decided to quit Orana and Blackwood, Fleming’s initial plan was to take it easy and spend more time with his family.
“I didn’t know what was going to happen,” Fleming says. He admits the first few months were tough. He worried about his old place of work and his former team.
“It took me a long time to get over that,” he says. “You want to know what’s going on, you want to know if the restaurant’s going well, how this person is going, that person.”
A few months later Orana was crowned Australia’s best restaurant by Gourmet Traveller.
“It wasn’t my award,” he answers when asked about it. “It was their award. They deserved it. They took the restaurant to another level.”
]]>Suzanne was born and raised in Barcaldine. Her custodial connection to country has been continuous and carries on the work of her father the late David Thompson, Great Grandparents David and Clara, all of which had traditional custodial links to the lands of the Kunngeri/Iningai & Bidjera peoples.
Suzanne has returned to country after two decades of working within Government agencies and private business enterprises. For the most part she worked in the areas of: Youth and policy Development, Community Development, Indigenous Business Advisor; Volunteering commitments - Board Member of the Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Board, Noosa Bio Sphere Board, Committee Member for the Desert Uplands Committee (Landholders), founding member of Yumbangku Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Aboriginal Corporation.
Suzanne is the National Co-Chair for the Statement from the Heart Working Group.
She owns and manages her own gallery and also runs with her husband a very successful 'Wood Fired Pizza' business called the 'Lounging Emu' in Barcaldine. Suzanne sees these enterprises as a key opportunity to share the stories of her ancestral knowledge and practices to the tourist and locals.
Suzanne has also teamed up with land owners of the district to work in partnership to further develop relationships with both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous. She is passionate about the opportunities that both cultures can create into the future as new industries for outback communities. Her passions have seen her embrace the sharing of local Native food & medicine plants throughout the Region.
Amanda Garner first joined the ANFIL Board in 2012 and was appointed Chair in March 2014. In 2018 she has accepted the special "Co-Chair" position created by the Board.
Amanda has more than 25 years experience in food and agribusiness: from broadacre farming to corporate catering and event management. She is co-principal of the consulting firm UPAH&Co.
Amanda is a 2015 Australian Rural Women's Victorian Award Finalist; 2013 Australian Rural Leadership Trailblazers Course Fellow; 2013 Agrifood Skills Australia International Fellowship'; and a cordon Bleu trained Chef. She is also half way through a Degree in Horticulture (paused due to the growing needs of her children). Her family has been involved in farming for over 140 years, and Amanda and her family have a property in western Victoria.
Amanda is a passionate advocate for the Australian native foods industry. We are caretakers and custodians of the land to pass onto the next generation, is the inherited motto she lives and works by. Her Agriskills Fellowship was about developing a focus on Native Foods Provenance and Sovereignty. She is driven to further research into viable native crops to apply to broad acre farming in arid zones across Australia; and developing Government focus in Indigenous horticulture projects and Intellectual Property surrounding individual species.
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Jodie is an incredible Indigenous woman. She is a cook, educator, presenter and author among other things. She also has a range of products.
She can be reached via LinkedIn
Jody Orcher, a Ularai Barkandji woman, said she had always had a connection to food and learnt much of her cooking skills from her parents and grandmother.
Back home in Brewarrina in rural New South Wales, she said her family would regularly cook emus, goannas, porcupines and yellow bellies "for free".
But in the city, where "everything costs a fortune", she has had to experiment with native greens and bush foods to retain her connection to country.
"All the foods that I've used are used for dietary and medicinal purposes for Aboriginal people,"
]]>Marianne Stewart joined the ANFIL Board in 2013 and became an ANFIL member in 2010. Marianne is passionate about building a robust, resilient and sustainable rural Australia. She sees a key challenge is to feed ourselves whilst protecting the natural resources on which we all depend. Marianne is excited at the potential and opportunity of Australian bush food and medicinal plants, as successful crops as well as multi-use species is regenerative landscapes and farming systems.
On the current ANFAB executive, Marianne has been part of the ANFAB Project Teams: the dynamic “Growing the Growers” and PACE Export projects overseeing administration and reporting. Complementing Marianne's background in agriculture, she has specialised in publishing for rural communities, rural event management and has a long history of administering Government and philanthropic grants.
She is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Australian Agroforestry Foundation; co-founder and past Executive Director of the Otway Agroforestry Network Limited; and Editor of the Australian Forest Growers magazine.
Marianne is a fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation (C21). In her spare time (!) she is a beef producer on her family property, situated in the foothills of the Otway Ranges, South West Victoria.
Specialising in fresh, frozen and dried Kakadu Plum products.
100% Indigenous owned.
The Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance provides stability and reliability to the Kakadu Plum supply chain.
By working together, Aboriginal enterprises are able to provide confidence and stability to ethical supply of Kakadu Plum.
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