Aboriginal Economic Development and the Kakadu Plum

Because the demand for the Kakadu Plum is rapidly growing, Indigenous communities are realising the exceptional opportunities and benefits from wild harvesting this abundant resource. Kakadu Wild Harvest aims to develop these opportunities so that indigenous communities can benefit from reaching their commercial potential.

The Kakadu Plum provides one of the most exciting opportunities to introduce horticulture as a sustainable industry for remote indigenous communities across Northern Australia:

• Historically horticulture has not achieved great success in communities due to its focus being on introduced plants and traditional horticulture methods. Kakadu Plum Wild stocks are already abundant in many remote North Australian areas, which means commercial production can be achieved in several phases without the high risk overheads associated with previous models:
  1. Begin with Wild Harvest of existing wild stocks
  2. Enrichment planting of wild stocks in wild areas
  3. Commercial orchard development
• The plant lends iteself to organic cultivation
• Our cultivation techniques have been thoroughly researched and developed already with successful results.

Training, infrastructure and Management

Wild Harvest has been providing farming, land management and horticultural based training and development for over 20 years throughout the Northern Territory and Queensland. With an emphasis on sustainable and organic best practices, our training has involved:

• Commercial Horticultural Development
• Wild Plant Cultivation
• A range of Government funded indigenous training projects
• Developing curriculum and action based learning modules
• Business management
• Business start-up

Partnering Opportunities

We are currently working a model that will allow us to work closely with government, indigenous communities, horticultural organisations and other stakeholders interested in indigenous training/economic development opportunities. Please contact us to discuss further.

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Kakadu Plum Investment Opportunities

Northern Australia's Kakadu Plum Wild Stocks will not be able to sustain the rapid growth in global demand. This creates an exciting opportunity for investors to become involved with with organic commercial orchard developments within the bound of ethical and fair trade investment standards.

• Orchard development has been researched and proven on a commercial level. A trial orchard has already demonstrated successful cultivation and high viability.
• There is no plant in the world that has the vitamin C, anti-oxidant and bioactives that are highly desirable for nutrimedic, pharmacutical and cosmetic industries. Demand is already high and growing fast with only a limited amount of wholesale suppliers operating commercially around the world.
• Establishment of the state-of-the-art processing facility for the Kakadu Plum and other horticultural produce will increase viability.
• Investment from pharmacutical, cosmetic and nutracutical industry stakeholders can help secure long term access to product.
• Wild Harvest NT fosters indigenous economic development and organic and environmentally sustainable practices.

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About the Kakadu Plum

The Kakadu Plum, also called the Gubinge, Billygoat Plum or Murunga; grows natively across the Top End of Northern Australia. The fruit has been a traditional source of bush tucker, antiseptic and a healing remedy for the Indigenous people across Arnhem Land for thousands of years. Today the trees are still in great abundance and come to fruit usually at the start of the dry season in May each year.

The Worlds Richest Source of Vitamin C

The Kakadu Plum has been identified world wide as the single natural food source with the highest vitamin C content on the planet. It contains 3000mg of vitamin C per 100g of fruit - over 50 times the concentration found in oranges.

A Super Food

There is no plant in the world that has the same level of vitamin C, anti-oxidants and bioactives, none of which are lost through our state-of-the-art processing methods.

Medicinal Properties

The Kakadu Plum contains phytochemicals such as gallic and ellagic acids. Gallic acid has antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal activities and also shows anti-inflammatory, anti-tumour, anti-mutagenic and anti- bronchodilatory activities. Ellagic acid has anti-carcinogenic effects against a wide range of carcinogens in many human tissues.

Commercial Applications

Major health and cosmetic companies world wide have identified the Kakadu Plum as a substantially beneficial ingredient products that include:

• Skin & Hair Care Products
• Vitamin Suppliments and Superfoods as beverages, capsules or powders.
• Pharmacological products, Bio Chemical products and more.
• Used in gourmet bush foods such as chutneys, jams and pickles.

Our state-of-the-art processing methods means the Kakadu Plum provides 100% soluble extract, free of preservative and organically certified.

Further reading on the Kakadu Plum

+ Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

+ ABC Radio Darwin

+ Bush Plum Helps Slow Ageing

+ Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee

+ Wikipedia

+ Society for Growing Australian Plants - Bush Tucker

+ Newscientist - Good nosh in the busy

+ Is Down Under the new Amazon for superfruits?

+ Study finds native fruits help fight diseases

+ How 'bush tucker' became flavour of the month for foodies

+ Native Tucker

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Kakadu Plum Wild Harvest

Wild Harvesting the Kakadu Plum

The Kakadu Plum grows wild in abundance throughout the Top End and we hand pick the best produce for wholesale distribution. Our harvest period begins in March and we are able to supply up to 10,000kg of whole, fresh- frozen Kakadu Plums from eco-sustainable, licensed selected wild harvest sites. The entire harvesting, warehousing and distribution process is managed by stringent guidelines to ensure our product is certified organic.

Processing Standards

We cater for the volume buyer and go to great lengths to ensure that we always deliver a quality product. We follow the HACCP and Fresh Care Quality Assurance Methods for food safety and environment care, as well as follow the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration Act.

Our state-of-the-art processing methods means the Kakadu Plum provides 100% soluble extract, free of preservative and organically certified.

Product Availability

State of the art window refractent dried powder (whole or soluble) - 100% pure Kakadu Plum powder refined to your micron specification (up to 30 microns). Our state-of-the-art processing methods retain the total fibre content of the fruit, and rehydrates completely. A true superfood. Soluble powder extract is suitable for incorporating into cosmetic products.

Liquid Extract - 100% pure Kakadu Plum. Our state-of-the-art processing produces a liquid with its complete suite of bioactives in 100% soluble form.

Whole & Pureed - product is seasonally available with a shelf life of up to 3 years (frozen).

Request a product development kit

Wholesale customers, contact us to receive your product development kit includes a range of fact sheets, information papers, an MSDS and sample of our powdered product.

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Wild Harvest, Wholesale & Retail of the Kakadu Plum

 

Wild Harvest NT specialises in wholesale supply and processing of the Kakadu Plum - the worlds richest natural source of Vitamin C. For thousands of years, the indigenous people of Northern Australia have used the Kakadu Plum (Gurumal) as a medicinal, nutritious and tasty food source. Today the vitamin rich properties of the Kakadu Wild Plum are desirable for a range of health and beauty products, while keeping its reputation as a delicious gourmet bush food. Wild Harvest NT promotes the vision of sustainable practises to gives indigenous people long term economic opportunity.

 

A Healthy Alternative

The worlds richest source of vitamin C is ideal for a range of health, beauty and gourmet applications.

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Wholesale Production

Kakadu Plums harvested wild and available world wide whole or processed.

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Economic Opportunities

Indigenous Economic Development and your opportunity to share in a fast growing industry.

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