The use of Australian native grains as a food: a review of research in a global grains context
Anna Drake A , Claudia Keitel A and Angela Pattison A B
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A School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
B Corresponding author. Email: angela.pattison@sydney.edu.au
The Rangeland Journal 43(4) 223-233 https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ21030
Submitted: 3 June 2021 Accepted: 15 October 2021 Published: 16 December 2021
Abstract
Australian native grains have an extended history of human consumption; however, their place in diets was disrupted when colonisation triggered a shift away from traditional lifestyles for Aboriginal people. Despite being time- and energy-intensive to harvest, the inclusion of native grains in diets is thought to have offered considerable adaptive advantage by assisting human occupation of arid and semiarid zones. Ethnographic evidence has shown that Aboriginal people developed specialised tools and techniques to transform grain into more edible forms. Research on native grain consumption has mainly been conducted from an ethnographic perspective, with the objective of furthering understanding of Aboriginal societies, instead of the agricultural or food science significance of these plant species. Consequently, a research gap in all aspects of Australian native grains in modern food-production systems from the paddock to plate has emerged, and is being filled by research projects in multiple parts of the country due to surging interest in this food system. There is a critical need for Aboriginal communities, land managers, food industry professionals and research institutions to come together and set a research agenda that ensures cultural protocols are respected, research investment is not unnecessarily duplicated, and the results are targeted to places where they will be of most benefit to people and the planet.
Keywords: grassland, purslane, Panicum, Themeda, Acacia, Microlaena.
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