I’ve been a farmer, so it wasn’t such a huge decision to start Black Duck Foods. I’d been harvesting native grain for a few years and growing tubers. I realised I needed more room, and a place where people could visit and learn about production methods. I didn’t want to do it, but I knew people were going to adopt Australian native grains, so I decided to make sure we had a foot in the door, to show the government that you don’t need employment schemes for Aboriginal people, you just need to create jobs.
I decided to concentrate on plants I had learned about in the public record,
