IllustrationbyBlakDouglasfromTheFirstScientists Our First Nations farmers

Our First Nations farmers were the original innovators –could you incorporate some of these farming practices and ingredients into some of your ideas for the upcoming challenges?

Fish traps

Aboriginal fisherpeople changed water levels in creeks and waterways to trap fish and eels. As eels could often slip through, they also made eel nets out of grasses. These early methods of farming are over 40,000 years old.

Harvesting by the stars

Our First Nations farmers used the stars to work out their harvest times. When certain stars rose in the night skies, they knew it was time to pick various crops.

If you’re foraging or growing some of these foods, try looking them up using a microscope attachment on your phone or using the PlantID app rosella finger lime

Bush foods are more popular and readily available than ever. Could you grow them in your garden, or add them to your dishes?

Illawarra plum native mulberry blue quandong lemon myrtle pepperberry ruby saltbush warrigal greens

“I love cooking with native saltbush, native Davidson’s plum and native warrigal greens – all of which work beautifully with Chinesestyle cuisine.” – chef Kylie Kwong (see her tips for creating a cookbook in Challenge 4)