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    DiscoMick Guest

    Native perennial grasses promising

    There was a bit of discussion a while back in a bushfire thread I think about native perennial grasses, so I thought this story was worth using to start a separate thread. This is a very promising agricultural story and has great potential, particularly for reviving land degraded by European-based farming methods unsuitable in our landscape, particularly as climate change continues to create more wasteland.

    'It’s time to embrace the history of the country': first harvest of dancing grass in 200 years

    'It’s time to embrace the history of the country': first harvest of dancing grass in 200 years | Art and design | The Guardian

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    I read Bruce Pasco's book 'Dark Emu' recently and found it most interesting. There seems to be a lot of potential for the Aborigines to develop some of the old practices outlined in the book to take advantage of modern markets looking for something new.
    Don.

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    Yes, there is. The book should be read by every Aussie, I think. It would reduce our national ignorance of indigenous farming methods.
    I notice in the report he says he is inundated with requests from bakers and restaurants for native grains. There is obviously a big potential market out there.

    Oddly, we have some kangaroo grass growing in our front native garden. I might harvest the seeds and see if can successfully grind them into a paste and bake some biscuits.

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