Barry’s Blog

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 […]

Phew, its been another busy time at Beach Organics

Phew, its been another busy time at Beach Organics … Kaffir lime fruit is ready to harvest and layer in barrels of our hand made sea salt crystals. We age it for almost a decade before offering it for sale as our NASAA certified organic lime infused sea salt. Perfect on anything Asian, tempeh, vegetables, […]

“Bean to Bar”
Traditional Farmers Market

I’ve always enjoyed the flavour and potential health benefits of a well crafted cup of organic coffee and a small piece of organic raw chcococlate. This was the catalyst for the evolution of our “bean to bar” chocolate and “coffee tree to cup” Project. We’re very fortunate to travel the world and source the best […]

Beach Organics Property Workshop 13th October 2019

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 believed a healthy diet is more aligned to a traditional one ie protein derived almost entirely from plants rather than […]

NASAA Certified Organic Gardens destined for our customers’ plates

A beautiful light in our NASAA certified organic gardens this morning …. Baby carrots picked, mizuna, parsley, spinach, quinces, cherry tomatoes & celery, a few late eggplants, rocket for an order, banana leaves for our place mats, apples, edible flowers, thyme, pumpkins, native spinach, swiss chard, baby kaffir lime leaves for our Asian inspired salad, […]

Direct from a Growers Network in East Timor

Direct from a Growers Network in East Timor, the latest harvest of certified organic vanilla is looking good!

Certified Organic by NASAA – Fresh Produce on the Menu

As custodians of our patch of land, with forethought, the use of well engineered, simple, non mechanised equipment, time and patience, we’ve created a vibrant landscape full of wildlife, and fresh Produce fit for any kitchen, commercial or otherwise. This vibrant Produce features exclusively on our “plant” based menu at PLANT 4 Bowden. Our entire […]

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