First Nations Bushfood and Botanicals Alliance Australia

The only First Nations owned and led peak body dedicated to protecting the integrity and authenticity of sovereign foods & botanicals igniting first nations culture as an asset. We work to achieve this by establishing a benchmark Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP), Intellectual Property (IP) Intellectual Knowledge (IK) provenance and compliance, which for the first time extends to a full value chain model from Country to Consumer. Our mission is to promote, organise and extract value from the Australian Sovereign Foods and Botanicals sector for the shared benefit of First Nations Community, Culture, Country and people. Bringing the value of 65,000 years of continuous storytelling to claim our first right to the commercial opportunities within the Sovereign Food & Botanicals industry. The First Nations Bushfood & Botanical Alliance Australia was established as a result of the national conversation that took place amongst 120 First Nations attendees at the inaugural Indigenous Native Foods Symposium in Sydney, 27-28 November 2019. Subsequently a working group of 24 First Nations people from across Australia worked solidly to form the national body and are committed to their ongoing participation to ensure the development of a thriving Indigenous bush foods and botanicals business sector. The First Nations Bushfood & Botanical Alliance Australia (FNBBAA) was launched in May 2020 as a result of this this process and commitment.