205: The oldest foods on earth

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Wellness, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition, Diet, Health

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🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Aboriginal culture is one of the earth's oldest. What did these indigenous people eat to survive over 60,000 years in the harsh climate of Australia? Australian author John Newton explores this subject in his book "The Oldest Foods on Earth."

His own curiosity got piqued when he tried kangaroo for the first time. It dawned on him that it was actually the first time he had ever knowingly consumed a native Australian food. That moment led to his interest in, and advocacy for local, traditional foods.

Today, John shares with us some of the stories behind his books, which describe the history of traditional foods and recipes, along with resources for finding these foods. He also discusses our penchant for foreign "super foods" over foods closer to home, insights into the complicated relationship between indigenous people in Australia and European Australians, and the growing movement to embrace indigenous food worldwide.

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0:00.0	But we could incorporate a lot more of the foods of the land into our diet and I think that's the thing that we should be working on
0:07.8	Using more of the food here than we do
0:10.6	And it is happening. It is happening, but it's happening in a very sort of a fairly litest way and I think that what the
0:18.2	book that I just is being published in September is saying not just that we should be eating these foods
0:25.9	and restaurants but we should be attempting to incorporate these foods into
0:29.2	our daily diets at home. From the Westin A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for Wise Traditions
0:42.4	in Food, Farming, and The Healing Arts.
0:45.1	We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve
0:49.2	optimal health. Hey everybody I'm your host Total Labrador Gore. This is episode 205 and our guest is John Newton.
1:02.0	John lives in New South Wales, Australia,
1:05.0	where he is a freelance writer, journalist, and novelist
1:08.0	with a passion for Native Australian foods.
1:12.0	He has written several award-winning books and today
1:15.1	our conversation focuses on his first oldest foods-on-earth book which chronicles
1:20.2	the history of indigenous food in Australia.
1:23.0	Today, John shares with us some of his stories
1:25.5	and the inspiration behind both of his oldest foods on earth books.
1:29.5	He tells us about how his journey began with a kangaroo meal in 1993. That was the moment when he realized
1:35.6	it was the first time he had ever knowingly eaten something native to his homeland.
1:40.9	When John began researching Aboriginal foods, he learned that European settlers ignored
1:45.2	the flora and fauna that had nourished the Aboriginal peoples for thousands of years before their arrival.
1:50.8	And he is on a mission to recover wisdom that has been overlooked.
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