The Wattleseed Collective is a not-for-profit social enterprise working with Kimberley Aboriginal people to undertake sustainable wild harvesting of Kimberley wattleseed.
Over the past three years Environs Kimberley has worked with Aboriginal ranger groups, communities and individuals to establish the Wattleseed Collective, and carry out sustainable harvesting, processing and sale of Kimberley wattleseed by and for the benefit of Aboriginal people. With EK, over 100 Aboriginal collectors from across the west Kimberley harvested wattleseed in the 2022 and 2023 harvest seasons.
As well as harvesting, Collective members have worked together to clean, roast, grind and package seed to create the Wattleseed Collective’s first product — roasted and ground wattleseed — and develop a co-branded product with First Nations social enterprise Native Foodways. Working together and combining seed collected has enabled the Collective to secure ethical commercial markets for future sales of raw and processed wild-harvested Kimberley wattleseed, ensuring the continued success of the new enterprise.
Check them out here:
https://www.environskimberley.org.au/wattleseed_collective