This presentation explores how Indigenous-led, co-designed research can raise the value, visibility, and integrity of Australian native food plants. Dr Marlize Bekker will first introduce the ARC Discovery project Deadly Solutions, highlighting research governance, On Country learning, cultural protocols, material transfer agreements, and food chemistry approaches for characterising native plants without compromising Indigenous Knowledge. A/Prof Dale Chapman will then reflect on what this model means for Indigenous small businesses: community ownership, appropriate benefit-sharing, product development, propagation, market confidence, and respectful storytelling. Together, this demonstrates that successful bushfood research must combine rigorous science with Indigenous sovereignty, reciprocity, and practical pathways to enterprise.