Demand is growing for bush food produce from central Australia for export interstate and internationally. The bush foods industry and its researchers deliberately or inadvertently draw upon complex knowledge that belongs to generations of Aboriginal people. There are customary laws and procedures for managing that knowledge. The group, Merne Altyerr-ipenhe, has developed protocols, through a long and careful process, so everyone can know how to respect and respond properly to Aboriginal knowledge of bush foods. The protocols include governance, collaborative agreements, monetary and non-monetary returns, geographic labelling by language areas, landcare and cross-cultural communication with practical actions identified for each.