Kulbanyi: Australian Bush Food's Global Breakthrough

0:00A bush food called Kubanee from Paper Bar Trees in Australia's Northern Territory is making waves as the next big superfood heading straight to. Markets in Asia Frank Shatforth, a garawa man from Seven Emoostation, has been harvesting these leaves for generations on his massive 400,000 hectare. Coastal property, traditionally brewed into tea for healing chest pains, colds and flu, it's now dried, packaged right there, and shipped out. Big jam and co, an indigenous owned outfit from Brisbane, partners with Aboriginal groups nationwide to push native ingredients like this overseas to, places like Japan, Korea, and China. They handle the exports while keeping things local, and head of strategy Jacob Davidson says, Kubanee stands out big time. Buyers in Asia were blown away when Davidson pitched it recently, loving how it changes flavor with each steep starting crisp and eucalyptip like then. Interacy, piney, and finally earthy.

1:00They're eyeing it for teas, biscuits, even cocktails, way beyond what anyone expected. The real win is economic, all the harvesting and processing happens on station, so the cash flows back to Shatforth's Northern Territory community, instead of leaking out. No need to ship raw product elsewhere. This export boom spotlights Australia's untapped native foods, proving we can lean into natural bush tucker over ploughed fields and, chemicals, Shatforth's calling for more Aussies to jump in and make it happen. Sydney News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.