Category: Indigenous foods

Historically, the Inuit, Yupʼik, and Aleut peoples of the Arctic region thrived for millennia on a diet of hunted and gathered animal products, forming the basis of what do you eat in the Arctic. Today, this traditional diet is shifting dramatically due to modern influences and climate change.

The Hadza people of Tanzania, one of the world's last remaining hunter-gatherer societies, consume wild fruits like baobab and berries as a regular part of their diet, alongside meat and honey. This confirms that fruit is indeed a component of traditional African diets.

According to scientific research, Australian bush foods, like the Kakadu plum, contain over 100 times the vitamin C of an orange. This reveals just one compelling example of how the nutritional profile of bush foods compares to more commonly known fruits and vegetables.