Barry’s Blog

At Beach Organics we are redefining what good food is …

We’re attempting to redefine what good food is at Beach Organics and our farm to table approach at our Store at PLANT 4 BOWDEN showcases what we’re about. A number of initiatives honed over the last 35 years allow us to offer our customers a vast array of Products we grow ourselves or source directly […]

Unique Workshop Exploring Martial Arts and Yoga

Many of us commence a New Year with aspirations to eat well, exercise and commence a new activity! We’ll give you a head start. Hands up if you would like to join us for a unique workshop exploring martial arts and yoga. Barry Beach of Beach Organics has a passion for both. With 55 years […]

Certified Organic Permaculture Gardens – Abundance of Nutrients

Our certified organic permaculture gardens near Pt Elliot produce an abundance of nutrient rich fruit, vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, nuts, genuine free range eggs and support bustling bio diversity. You can directly support our endeavors and reap the many health benefits of our Produce by enjoying our “paddock to plate” menu at PLANT 4 BOWDEN. […]

Yoga Class on New Year’s Eve morning 8-9.30, Victor Harbor

Join us to celebrate the end of 2019 with a yoga session focusing on alignment. I’ll be teaching at the Joyful Path yoga studio in Victor Harbor tomorrow morning 8am – 9.30am. The Joyful Path 6/72 Ocean Street Victor Harbor

Super Excited to be Supporting this Smart Start Up Business

When I first heard about this project I couldnt help but toss some money in their direction. We’re super excited to be supporting this smart start up business in Indonesia. Our first batch of these are about to arrive. If you’re concerned about plastic bag use, track us down and support our efforts to support […]

Direct from our Coffee Contacts in Northern Sumatra

Direct from our coffee contacts in Northern Sumatra, a fine single origin washed and natural coffee, shaping up pretty well in our roaster. Looking forward to offering these with our other Indonesia beans. Thanks Kevin, for taking these photos!

From modest ideas to a much bigger picture …. BO Property

From modest ideas to a bigger picture …. Here we have a picture taken of our paddock purchased in the early 1980’s. Have a look at the drone footage below and spot the difference. Our property is still a work in progress, but we’re using it increasingly as a living classroom, running workshops on sustainability, […]

Variety is the Spice of Life here at Beach Organics

Variety is the spice of life … an apt metaphor for our endeavors at Beach Organics. Ten years in the making, the Beach Organics Coffee Project is now capable of producing delicious organically grown coffee, paying farmers approximately six times more than the current fair trade price. We vacuum pack our precious green bean stock […]

Beach Organics Coffee travels to Western China

It always gives us immense pleasure to see our Products enjoyed far and wide! This time, Beach Organics Coffee travels to Western China. Put through their Slayer, I am sure it lived up to their expectations!

CASCARA – in Yemen and Ethiopia they call it HASHARA

This intriguing & fragrant drink is made from coffee peel! With a low caffeine content, its delicious and refreshing and not dissimilar to rosehip or hibiscus tea when infused in hot water! In Yemen and Ethiopia they call it HASHARA, where its often enjoyed with ginger, nutmeg or cinnamon. In the west we call it […]

Looking for a Special Person who Understands our Ethos

Beach Organics is looking for a very special person who understands our ethos and can help us generate food like this at our Store at PLANT 4 BOWDEN. If you are passionate about supporting organic food growing systems, switched on when it comes to creating a true “paddock to plate” menu, we would like to […]

Six more sleeps! … Until our next Beach Organics Gathering

SIX MORE SLEEPS till our next Beach Organics farm (circa 1983) gathering! A big thankyou to those who have booked into our next Organic Kitchen Garden Workshop on Sunday the 13th OCT. We’ve had an overwhelming response! But we still want more people to rock up, so spread the word! Its gratifying to know that […]

Traditional Farmers in Indonesia … Wild Harvest Long Pepper

Our Traditional Farmers in Indonesia gather our very best Long Pepper. Prized in Europe since the 1700’s we bring it to our customers in Australia. Valued in ayurvedic circles and transformational in any curry or laksa, try it to activate our turmeric. Toss it in to your favourite dish to add pizzazz, or use it […]

Next Organic Kitchen Garden Workshop Sun 13 Oct

An old school coffee roaster we stumbled upon when researching our Coffee Project in Central Java, hand made coconut palm sugar in the background and the wonderful bio diversity found in our “food forest” farms we purchase our coffee from in Indonesia. With substantial world wide environmental decline, we’ve travelled extensively in an endeavour to […]

Our Unique Direct / Fair Trade Business Model

One of our strengths at Beach Organics. Our unique direct / fair trade business model developed by us over decades offers complete transparency with our Product range. Our latest harvest of wild crafted Lampung Black Pepper, sure packs a punch. Traditional Farmers and their families harvest and sort our pepper by hand, at source, in […]

The wonderful flavour and medicinal properties of Tamarind Paste

When I first travelled to the tropics on my early surf trips, I immediately fell for the wonderful flavour and medicinal properties of tamarind paste. Hence our Tamarind Project came into being. The production of our hand scraped and de seeded wild tamarind paste requires time and patience! Its production supports small village scale enterprises, […]

Organic vegetables, fruits & coffee as we move into Spring

Its always an exciting time of the year at Beach Organics. Our certified organic permaculture gardens near Pt Elliot, are bursting into flower as we move into Spring. Organic vegetable seed has been planted, another fruit orchard in and compost spread onto our dozen garden beds. Our logistics team in Indonesia have been busy harvesting, […]

More from Simply, Sienna Sourdough on our Menu

@asimplysienna 29th August, 2019 As of this afternoon, my sensational Sourdough bread will ONCE AGAIN be available to sample on the Beach Organics delicious menu, from now until sold out. 🎉 For those of you who don’t know, Beach Organics is a renowned cafe and brand located in the AWESOME Plant 4 Bowden. If you […]

13th October Beach Organics Kitchen Garden Workshop

At Beach Organics we eat well from our own certified organic Produce gardens near Pt Elliot. Many of the ingredients in this laksa were sourced from these gardens. We’re going to share a few of the secrets and tricks we’ve learnt over the last 35 or so years of organic gardening to a lucky few! […]

Grain-free Sourdough, Simply Sienna on Beach Organics Menu

POSTED BY: Simply, Sienna August 8 at 6:30 PM · Simply, Sienna community 🌱 Guess what! Do you remember me sharing with you the exiting news, that a local and renowned cafe (yet to be named) had decided to show-case my sensational grain-free Sourdough as a part of their already UNIQUE menu? Well my friends, […]

‘Coffee Time’ @ Beach Organics – Plant 4, Bowden

Please stop in for a visit with us today, or of course, anytime Wednesdays through Sundays! Wednesday 4pm -9pm (market day) Thursday 9am – 5pm Friday 4pm – 9pm (market day) Saturday 9am – 5pm (market day) Sunday 9am – 5pm

ORGANIC KITCHEN GARDEN Workshop 13th October, 2019

Ahoy aspiring gardeners & lovers of good food. We have a few vacancies left for our ORGANIC KITCHEN GARDEN workshop. LIVE LONGER – HAVE MORE ENERGY – LOOK BETTER Changing your food supply chain will have the most significant transformation effect on you and the planet. We’ll show you how. At Beach Organics we’ve always […]

“Toast the Local” Star of Greece 2nd August

“TOAST the LOCAL” is a wonderful event to be held at the STAR of GREECE on Friday the 2nd of August. We don’t mind giving them a plug, particularly when they support our efforts. We’re thrilled to have Brett the chef choose our organic lime infused sea salt crystals – aged in barrels for 10 […]

Kitchens and Gardens serve as Pharmacies, ready to rejuvenate!

When travelling to Indonesia in the 70’s, I was overwhelmed by their use of fresh herbs, leaves, flowers and bark of various plants in their extraordinary cuisine. The seed was sown, so to speak! Their kitchens and gardens serve as pharmacies, ready to rejuvenate tired bodies! Travels to Northern West Africa, Central Asia and other […]

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