Jacob Birch

Jacob is a proud Gamilaraay man from QLD and a PhD candidate within QAAFI. Jacob's work focuses on Indigenous food sovereignty as nation-building, looking at the Gamilaraay peoples' governance of thier native grains industry as a case study. Jacob is taking a systems approach in developing the nascent native grains industry. His priority is setting strong, strategic, sustainable, Indignoeus-led governace to ensure opportunity and benefit remains with Indigenous people. Jacob also has active interests spanning the ecology and conservaion of native grassland species; agronomic knowledge to help support reintroduction of native grains; supply chain and processing of native grains; nutrition and food safety; product development and marketing; and education and engagement. Jacob's passion also extends to the broader Indigenous food sovereignty movement. Through his work, Jacob collaborates across disparate spaces and advocates for the transformative potential of integrated, circular, sustainable, Indigenous-designed food systems that prioritise human and ecosystem health over profit and production. Australian native grains; Indigenous nation building - governance and economic development; Indigenous food sovereignty

[2026] Australian native grains awakening [2026] Leveraging Indigenous Peoples’ foods and botanicals to improve health, social wellbeing, cultural identity and economic self-determination [2025] Comparative dietary safety assessment of a traditionally used australian native grain [2025] Indigenous food sovereignty and Indigenous-led food system development: lessons from North America for Australia’s native grains industry [2025] Developing traditionally used foods for modern markets: successfully performing the dietary risk assessment of a native grain [2025] Indigenous foods: Understanding the nutritional and antioxidant properties of an Australian native grain [2024] Comparing the nutritional composition and antioxidant properties of an Australian native grain variety with commonly consu