Read more +22 August 2020 in NewsTime to open the Gondwana store
His excitement stems from this ‘supermarket’ being the enormous untapped food and cropping potential of countless indigenous plant species that a small, though growing, body of scientists are realising could be a genetic bounty holding a critical key to the planet’s food security.
Read more +22 August 2020 in NewsPlum pickings: ancient fruit ripe for modern plates
An Indigenous fruit which is one of the earliest known plant foods eaten in Australia could be the next big thing in the bush foods industry.
Read more +22 August 2020 in NewsFrom northern billabongs – a new future for rice
Wild rice growing in northern Australia’s crocodile-infested waters could help boost global food security, say University of Queensland researchers who have mapped its genetic family tree.
Valuable traits from the wild rice can be bred into commercial rice strains...