ABOUT NATIF
ABOUT NATIF
NATIF 🦜 Established in 2015
Australia's Premium Native Food Supplier
NATIF is a Non-Aboriginal owned Social Enterprise business working on Boonwurrung Country, sourcing Ethical and Sustainable, Premium Australian Native ingredients and delivering them to your door.
We sell to B2B wholesale, Retail stores, Food Service (Cafes/Restaurants), Brands, Food and Beverage Manufacturers, Schools and more..
Our story
When I eat Australian native foods, I love the smell, taste and sensory journey that takes me into the outback of Australia and I feel connected again... it’s the ‘Australia in Me’, after all...we are what we eat!!
Over 20 years ago after studying Naturopathy, the seed of NATIF was sewn. Owning a 25 acre herb farm, we lived the ‘naturopathic way’ and when reading books on Australian Native Foods, it made sense to me that we should plant, grow and eat them.
I have travelled the Australian outback, visiting National Parks from Queensland into the Northern Territory, from the Kimberley, down to Perth, Esperance and Kalgoorlie and into Central Australia, across the southern lands and up the eastern coastlines, walking hundreds of kilometers into bushland looking for native foods and amazing landscapes and feel a connection to this land.
After studying Human Nutrition and Nutritional Medicine and in my spare time studying and researching the nutritional benefits of Australian native foods, my intuition was telling me that working in this industry would be part of a much bigger picture!
Julie Merlet - Nutritionist and Wellness Consultant, Creator and Founder of NATIF.
100% Pure | Premium Native foods | Australian Made & Owned | Australian Grown | Ethically & Sustainably Harvested in Australia
NATIF is an acronym for N = Native A = Australian T = Traditional I = Indigenous F = Foods
NATIF Donates to Children's Ground, ReForest Now, Wildlife Wonders which is part of the Conservation Ecology Centre and Wildlife Victoria. Feel free to browse our Impact statement. We consult, collaborate and participate in the growth of the Australian Native Foods Industry including supporting the growth of Indigenous participation and leadership.
NATIVE Food revolution
We have a passion to educate and promote the growth of the Native Foods Industry. We do this by providing information, speaking at events and at schools and by consulting with people within the food and beverage industry.
We have an Impact statement on our website which you can read and learn more about what we have done and continue to do as a Social Enterprise.
Enjoy and explore the native fruits, nuts, seeds, land and sea greens, proteins, vegetables, fruits, honey, botanicals, grains, water and much more from our Australian landscape. This is how we can connect with our environment and makes us more likely to look after it.
natif ethics
NATIF values the importance of evidence based and traditional information about native foods, where they come from, how they are processed, the method and ethics of collection and rights of the Indigenous people and others who collect some of this food, including their IP.
By purchasing some of these foods, you're helping to keep up the supply and demand, which in turn provides opportunities for all Australians.
NATIF philosophy is all about healthy whole-foods, plant-based eating incorporating native ingredients and combining them with your own cultural foods.
natif community
NATIF is an Australian native foods wholesaler, retailer and educator. Established in 2015, in Melbourne.
We source our native ingredients from all around Australia. We use local businesses in our operations and try to minimise our impact on the environment.
We love sharing the love of native ingredients with family, friends and visitors to Australia. Feel proud about these foods, their unique flavours and aromas that this country has made for us over thousands of years.
There was once over 5,000 edible plants in Australia, which sustained one of the oldest civilisations on earth for over 65,000 years, the Indigenous Australians. Australian native plants and bush foods have adapted to this harsh ancient Australian environment and because of this, some of their fruits, herbs and spices contain more antioxidants, vitamins and minerals than other common nutritious foods, making them true superfoods.