Caring for Country out and about
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Bunya nut festival
A big thank you to the beautiful Kabi Kabi people for inviting us to join the Bunya Dreaming gathering on the Sunshine Coast in February. Such a fantastic learning and sharing opportunity centred around the ancient food source of the Bunya Pine
Booma Foods booming
The team visited the Indigenous-owned company BoomaFood and its indoor vertical farm in the NSW Hunter Valley in July. Booma are ‘re-energising food security Australia wide’, using tech by CubicFarm Systems. Booma is a great example of connecting research, science and innovation for impact.
By Torres Webb and Zaynel Sushil, Caring for Country work package co-leads