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(See also Australian Bushfoods Magazine for tucker listings)
*A Workshop on Information Technology Application in Agriculture, Rupin Collage, Israel Dr Ehud Gelb, Ministry of Agriculture-Tel Aviv. Email: gelb@agri.huji.ac.il or adiraz@ruppin.ac.il
Acres Australia: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~acresaus/acres_sub.htm
ANCA books, posters and kits http://www.anca.gov.au/about/products/salepub3.htm
Ausbushfoods on line http://www.ausbushfoods.com/
ANCA useful plants http://www.anca.gov.au/plants/manageme/
AgNet http://agnet.com.au
Australian foods from the bush http://www.shopaustralia.com.au/shoptuck.html
Australian Agricultural Web Site http://www.ruralnet.com.au/AgriWeb/
Australian Agricultural Organisations http:agnet.com.au/org.html
Australian seed and grain information from T J Teague (S.A.) Pty Ltd http://www.tjt.com.au
Agricultural search engine http://www.agrisurf.com
Agriweb http://www.ruralnet.com.au/Agriweb/
Australian agricultural topics http://agnet.com.au/topics.html
*Australian
Bushfoods Magazine Email: bushfood@hotkey.net.au
Five Issues. A publication
providing updated information on industry contacts and a growers guide
to species with some information provided by scientists/experts/enthusiasts.
An interesting and well compiled magazine.
Australian flora links http://dove.mtx.net.au/~rosmci/industry.html
*Australasian Ethnobotanical Foundation; Gareth Wise, Director Email: solandra@bigpond.com
*Australasian Tree Crops Sourcebook on-linehttp://www.aoi.com.au/atcros/
Australian Native Bee Research Centre anbrc@zeta.org.au
*Australian New Cropshttp://www.uq.edu.au/~gagkrego
Nine issues with a circulation
of over 2500. Currently funded by RIRDC. Offers articles presenting interesting
descriptions of new crops which includes numerous articles on bushfoods
and excellent contacts to research information on all aspects of crop management
and new methods of production. The information is extensive and provides
valuable insight into information services related to establishing the
Australian bushfood industry.
Australian Agriculture Online http://www.agriculture.net.au/
ABC Landline www.abc.net.au/landline
Australian Plants Onlinewww.ozemail.com.au/~sgap
*Australian Native Produce Industries (ANPI) www.anpi.com.au
*Australian National
Botanic Gardens (Aboriginal trail) http://155.187.10.12/anbg/aboriginal-trail.html
Valuable information storage
data base systems for all kinds of plant production, particularly related
to propagation, cultivation -both in containers and in ground, pest and
disease management and recording of research data. Contact Ben Wallace.
Breaking Ground:A Resource
Guide (for specialty crops) HSMP Press, 12a Stockbridge, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA. Publication available for $US15
Email: will@mis.net
Web site: http://www.pagestore.com/ideas/hi-index.htm
The Bushfood Directory : Web site: http://www.bushfood.com.au
Bushfood Magazine: http://www.hotkey.net.au
Bush Food Plants for Northern NSW http://www.greenwork.org.au/bfood.htm
*Cherikoff Pty Ltd
www.cherikoff.net
The development of the commercial
side of the industry began with Vic Cherikoff the director of Cherikoff
Pty Ltd and has been the impetus behind the promotion of the concept. Many
different sites to surf through covering a number of aspects of the industry.
Cornucopia Nurseryhttp://users.mullum.com.au/~botanica
*Central Lands Council
(CLC): Contact Jock Morse Email: jmorse@clc.org.au
Collating information on
potential of commercial production of plants used by Central Australian
Aboriginals and also involved in R&D into new crops and trials of them
in the Alice Springs region.
Centre For New Industries Development, Agriculture Western Australia Email: tdunn@agric.wa.gov.au
*Department of Agriculture
WA, Jeff Hastings, Email: jhastings@agric.wa.gov.au
Bushfood activities manager
carrying out much needed research into the native foods of WA.
Directory for Botanyhttp://herb.bio.uregina.ca./liu/bio/idb.shtml
DI's Agricultural Links http://www.wimmera.net.au/aghort/DisAg.html
*DPI Home Pagehttp://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/dpinotes/index.html (html#bushfoods)
*Dr Robert Fletcher
Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Home page: http://www.uq.edu.au/~gagkrego.
Is involved in the collation
of the New Crops Newsletter funded by RIRDC, also carries out research
on New Crops for Gatton Collage in Qld. Has completed a survey conducted
to determine the sources of information on New Crops currently available
in Australia.
F@rming Onlinehttp://www.rpl.com.au/farming/index.html
*First Asian Conference for Information Technology in Agriculture. Contact Secretary General:Seiichi Takigishi,Tokyo Office of the Japanese Society of AgriculturalInformatics No .2 Shibasaki Bld.5F, 2-23-15 Kanda Sudacho; Chiyoda-ku, TokyoJapan Email: afita@jsai.org.jp
Food Values and Australian Bush Foods, Production of bushfoods http://www.greenwork.org.au/bushfood.htm
*Greening Australia
http://www.greenwork.org.au/bushfood.htm
Greening Australia have
an extensive network of information and practical land management related
projects throughout Australia, which includes research into native foods.
Head office in Canberra should be contacted for those interested in following
up this contact.
Greening Australia
nursery listing
http//www.greenwork.org.au/nursery.htm
See Greening Australia
GreenNet Australia http://www.green.net.au
International ag links http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/www/agator/htm/agnonus.htm
International Society
for Horticultural Science Email: ishs@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
Web site: http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/ishs/ord/ord1.htm
*International Workshop: Internet for Extension Services, Email: alberese@inea.it or Guido Bonati, Email: bonati@inea.it, or Contact the Secretary INEA Federica Giralico Via Barberini, 36-00187 Roma, Italy. Tel 39 6 4785 6525, Fax 39 6 4741 984 - 483488, Email: giralico @ inea.it.
A workshop held in September 1997, in Alberese, Grosseto, Italy, organised by INEA (National Institute of Agricultural Economics). Its aims were to assist the flow of information to farmers and rural regions using state of the art Internet services to provide real and measurable benefits to end users. Worth exploring the net for results of that conference.
*IUFoST 10th World Congress Oct 3-8, 1999.The Secretariat 10th World Congress of Food Science & Technology, PO Box 1493 North Sydney NSW 2059. Ph 02 9959 4499, Fax 02 9954 4327. Email: iufost10@foodaust.com.au Web site: http://www.foodaust.com.au/world.htm
*Landcare Australia http://ldcarefdn@peg.apc.org
Links to Other Sites http://www.iinet.net.au./agriweb/
Medicinal Plants for Survival (Conservation of; Cultural and Intellectual Property rights), National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus Anandanagar Bangalore, 560 012, India. Email: root@frlht.ernet.in Ph 91 80 333 6909 Fax 9180 333 4167.
Methods of Growing
Bushfoodshttp:www.nor.com.au/community/organic/library/farmplan/bushtuck.htm
*Native Herb Forum
Website http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/ncm/staff/michael/forum/index.html
The native herb forum is
an important development in exploring the uses of Australia's flora. Its
aims are to positively influence the clinical use of Australian herbs and
to ensure ongoing supplies by exploring their potential for cultivation.
Native Plant Seedbank
and Database
Email:
n.ashwath@cqu.edu.au
Central Queensland University
research into germination and storage of native species carried out under
NHT'S Bush Care program.
New Uses Council Email: jharsch@rof.net Web site: http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/NUC/NUCHome.html
*New Crop http://newcrop.hort.purdue.edu
An electronic information
system that provides a window to new and speciality crops and coverage
of activities in the Indiana Centre for New Crops and plant products. This
accesses a welcome page that offers links to CropREFERENCE, a new crops
bibliography; CropSEARCH, brief descriptions of hundreds of crops; FactSHEET,
expanded descriptions of selected crops (including pictures); CropEXPERT,
names and addresses of US contacts; NewcropNEWS, electronic copies of the
Purdue New Crops News; and NewcropEVENTS, a list of events at the Indiana
Centre.
Oz Bush Garden www.highway1.com.au/ozgarden
Online Global Garden http://www.global–garden.com.au
*Plant Breeders Rights
PBR is going to be an important
issue for the native foods industry. For those interested in gaining an
understanding of how it will affect this industry this is an important
contact to follow up.
Profiting From Agricultural
Change1998 Conference, Agricultural
Institute of Management in Saskatchewan(AIMS)
Email: AIMS@agr.gov.sk.ca
Web site: http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/saf/aimsres/pac98.htm
Quandong http://www.silo.riv.com.au/SGAP/s-acu.html
Rubus-Ribes Symposium Australian Society of Horticultural Science Email: mcgregorg@knoxy.agvic.gov.au
Rural Industries reearch and Development Corporation http://www.rirdc.gov.au
Samantha Lane http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/2218/bushfood.html
Southern Game Meat http://www.sgm.com.au
*SGAP Bibliographies http://155.187.10.12/biblio/handbooks.html
Society for Growing Australian Plants (ACT Region) http://www.anbg.gov.au/sgap
Tasting Australia http://www.foodwine.com/food/egg/egg0597/bushtuck.html
Taste of the Bush http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/amu/ucr/student/1997/silva/
Toona Essential Oils: www.cooloola.com.au/toona-oils
*Teys McMahon Pty Ltd
http://www.teysmcmahon.com
Teys McMahon have experience
with a range of agricultural investments and also have several publications
which may be of some use for those operating in these areas in the native
foods industry. Email: info@teysmcmahon.com
*The Role of Agricultural
Information in Decision Making in Research and Practice, Kardinal-Dopfner-Haus,
Freising, Germany, Conference held on June2 to 5, 1998. Email: schlind@weihenstephan.de
Web site: http://hal.weihenstephan.de/gbdl/Conference
98/registra.html
For further information,
contact Birgid Schlindwein, Technische Universitat Munchen, Weihenstephan,
85350, Freising, Germany. Tel 49 8161 713 426, Fax 49 8161 714 409.
The Sustainable Farming Connectionhttp://sunsite.unc.educonnection/forums.html
Useful plant products-Quandong: http://www.biodiversity.envvironment.gov.au/plaants/manageme/maldong.htm
Wild Lime http://www.silo.riv.com.au/SGAP-gla.html
*Yuruga Nursery
http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/zodpub/atp.html
One of the leading nurseries
in the production of tropical/rainforest bushfood species. This is supported
by an in-depth knowledge of the cultivation of these species and the storing
of, and access to, information that is required by many seeking to involve
themselves in the industry.
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Aboriginal Australia: A Bush Garden,Filsoll Reserve, Adelaide, 1994, Caalma Productions, Alice Springs, NT.
Bush Medicines, John
McCarthy, 1994, 37 Irrawong Rd, North Narrabeen.
A detailed account from
a fascinating garden in Sydney's southern suburbs. Deals with the concept
of bush medicines as being of value to healing our land as well as our
physical and mental well being. Covers the indigenous and colonial uses
of native medicines and the concept of bushfoods as medicines. Also shows
how indigenous foods and medicines can be used in regeneration of degraded
suburban bushland.
Mayi Wiro - "Great Food"; Angatja Video, PO Box 2482, Alice Springs, 5750.
The Bunya: An Australian
Nut with Potential, David Noel, 1990, Tree Crops Centre, PO Box
27, Subiaco, WA, 6008.
An enthusiastic presentation
of the bunya nut story in a very comprehensive and interesting video shot
mainly in David's backyard. A much needed account of a resource that is
still overlooked by the industry as well as land managers after sustainable
land management solutions.
Woman's Gathering and
Hunting in the Pitjanjatjara Homelands, Susy Bryce, Institute for
Aboriginal Development (IAD), 1991, PO Box 2531, Alice Springs, NT, 0871.
A still picture trip with
Aboriginal woman looking at the gathering of a variety of bushfoods. Shows
the close link between bushfoods and the daily world of Anangu (Pitjanjatjara
Aboriginal people).
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