Eating indigenously

Australians have long embraced the health foods of immigrants from all over the world as well as international imports like chia seeds, goji berries and matcha. But when it comes to native foods, we have often neglected the abundance of superfoods in our very own backyard.

We’re lucky to live in a country that has thousands of edible and highly nutritious native ingredients on our doorstep — some that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. Julie Merlet, owner of Natif, Australian Native Superfoods, stresses the importance of native foods for our health and the environment.

“Adding native foods to your diet supports native food farmers and wild harvesters all around Australia,” she says. ”Since these foods are