Aboriginal farmer sees native bush food as pathway to connect with troubled youth

Deep in the dry soil of a country property, an Aboriginal farmer is sowing the seeds for a new opportunity to connect with troubled youth through native bush food cultivation.

Dominic Smith began farming native bush foods for commercial consumption three years ago, after previously growing vegetables at his property in Monash in South Australia’s Riverland region.

He grows bush tomatoes, quandongs, wattle seed, rosella and river mint.

“One of the reasons I wanted…