Barry’s Blog

Mango Honey Chocolate Mousse

RAW Mango Honey Chocolate Mousse by Beach Organics. Perfect for those times when you’re looking for a simple and delicious treat! Blossom honey + raw organic chocolate + genuine cold pressed coconut oil available at our Store at PLANT 4 BOWDEN or check it out here online www.beachorganics.com.au

Since our last post!

Phew, a lot has happened at Beach Organics since our last post! We’re happy to say our latest harvest of organic coffee beans from Indonesia have arrived safely. We vacuum pack all our green beans at source and carefully navigate them through Australian quarantine without the usual pesticide fumigation that most coffees in Australia are […]

Turmeric Turmeric Turmeric

My interest in turmeric began when I consumed a tonic called Jamu, on a surfing trip to Indonesia many decades ago. Intrigued by its many health benefits & a deep curiosity, led to the experimentation in growing different varieties on our 4 hectare certified organic permaculture farm near Pt Elliot SA. A large hothouse followed […]

Baking w/Spices Workshop

We’re transforming our Beach Organics Store at PLANT 4 Bowden into an exciting backdrop for our next event. Hand adzed teak tables, rustic wooden bowls piled high with rare spices, stone mill grinders and delicate fragrances reminiscent of spice markets of faraway places, will carry you on a sensory journey. When: Friday the 10th of […]

Bountiful Wheel Barrow Full

Fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables HARVESTED from our own certified organic gardens always drives our menu at PLANT 4 BOWDEN. A chilly morning in the garden, but always a pleasure to pick a bountiful wheel barrow full of the following: baby leeks, carrots, spring onions, swiss chard, spinach, mizuna, chillies, parsley, sage, coriander, several types […]

Beach Organic Peppercorn Blend

If you cant decide which of our peppercorns to try, we have a special blend for you! Wild harvest lampung black, long pepper, comets tails and muntok white peppercorns all in one pouch! You can find them at our Store at PLANT 4 Bowden! Try them to “activate” our turmeric.

Open Today Sunday!

No need to travel the ancient spice roads, we’ve done all the hard work for you … and we’re open today from 9 – 5 pm at PLANT 4 BOWDEN!

Plastic Free July

Its difficult being carbon neutral when running a small business such as Beach Organics. But from small gestures, big things grow! We have our own organic gardens with bustling biodiversity, our compost rich soils “enrobe” carbon, we’be planted 1000’s of trees to help offset the energy required to import our cacao, cinnamon, vanilla, green coffee […]

Marriage Made in Heaven

Is this marriage made in heaven? Organic coffee and cacao …. Whilst we’ve been busy in our PLANT 4 BOWDEN STORE and on our organic farm planting our new fruit forest, our good friends in Indonesia have been busy harvesting our latest batch of organic coffee and cacao. We use this to make our raw […]

Beach Organics Tempeh

Since establishing our certified organic permaculture farm in the early 80’s, I’ve based my food intake predominantly around a “plant” based diet! We’re blessed, our gardens are designed to produce up to 50 different herbs, fruits, nuts and vegetables every day of the year! During my first surf adventures to Indonesia in the late 70’s, […]

Small Scale Farming Systems

At Beach Organics we believe small scale farming systems are far more productive and ecologically sustainable than large industrialised systems. That’s why in the early 80’s, I decided to take action and establish our own NASAA certified organic permaculture property near the beautiful coastal town of Pt Elliot. 35 years later … our small farm […]

Direct Trade Model

Over the years, when travelling to Morocco, I am always amused by this intriguing, but relatively common sight. Not only do these hardy Argan trees provide us with a valuable bounty of kernels to produce our organic, pure, cold pressed Argan oil, when the weather turns hot & dry, they provide a valuable forage for […]

Wild Harvest Tamarind Paste

My good friends in Indonesia have hand scraped kilograms of tamarind pods for us, de-seeded it and vacuum packed the resulting pulp. The end result is our Beach Organics Wild Harvest Tamarind Paste. Mix it with a little finely chopped chilli, our turmeric coconut palm sugar to taste, cold pressed sesame oil and a little […]

Beach Organics Coffee Roastery

The Beach Organics Coffee Project ….. It’s a Thursday afternoon and we have our coffee roaster running flat chat, roasting our direct / fair traded organic beans from the Kintamani region, Indonesia. Our latest harvest of single estate – organic beans have been hand picked, processed and vacuum packed at source and it’s ready to […]

Certified Organic Fermented Cacao

Calling all cacao fans … We have half a ton of certified organic fermented cacao we have harvested and shipped from our co-farmers in beautiful Flores, Indonesia. An amazing product we are blessed to share with our customers. Mention this listing and they are yours at the special price or $33.50 kg. Beach Organics “direct” […]

July Yoga & Self Defence Workshop

Marked for a date in July. Please visit again or contact Barry for more information.

Silver Beet, Bananas, Quinces …

As we head into winter we have much to do on the Beach Organics permaculture farm. We’ve had a bumper crop of lemons, our bananas are looking good for a spring harvest, our compost rich soils are producing quinces weighing in at around 3/4 kg each, we have Kaffir lime fruit almost the size of […]

Healthy eating at its best!

Some people prefer to peruse the super market shelves .. and commercial kitchen often go to there nearest wholesaler to source their produce. I prefer to wonder our organic herb, fruit and veg gardens on our farm. I’ve picked the following to adorn our customers plates this evening at PLANT 4 Bowden: certified organic coriander, […]

Reduce our Environmental Footprint

We are constantly thinking of ways we can reduce our environmental footprint at Beach Organics. We plant trees on our farm when we import our green coffee beans, cacao etc. We’ve planted thousands! A small gesture I know, but as they say … from little things, big things grow! Here we have picture of our […]

Grower’s Network

One of the wonderful aspects of running Beach Organics is travelling to exotic locations and supporting the efforts of our unique Growers Network. Here’s a pic of our organic vanilla beans – one before fermentation, the other post fermentation, aromatic and full of flavour! Available online at www.beachorganics.com.au or at our Store at PLANT 4 Bowden. […]

We value our local fauna & flora

Its pouring with rain and the wind is blowing on our farm this morning, but its been a delight to walk through our 10 acre property and harvest the following from our NASAA certified organic garden beds: Heirloom beetroot, baby carrots, ginger leaf, parsley, Swiss chard, Asian greens, Russian kale, coriander, potatoes, thyme, lemons, heirloom […]

Wild Harvest Long Pepper

Our wild harvest long pepper is hand harvested in the highlands of Indonesia. For our customers re assurance, we ship it into Australia without fumigation or gamma irradiation treatment. We enjoy a daily mug of turmeric latte with a pinch or two of freshly ground long pepper to accelerate the uptake of curcumin. Available at […]

Eating for Good Health

Eating for good health. Endless research has deducted Australians need to eat far more fresh vegetables, herbs and spices, particularly of the ginger / turmeric family. So we’re introducing our “take” on the ever popular Laksa. Bursting with flavour & goodness and full of our freshly picked organic vegetables & herbs harvested directly from our own […]

22 April Organic Garden Workshop

We’re pretty chuffed to say 90% + of fresh produce featuring in our kitchen at PLANT 4 BOWDEN is harvested from our own certified organic gardens. We reckon this is a pretty good effort! No tillage, annual cropping, compost teas, integrated poultry forage system, poly culture, perennial tree crops, legumes in rotation and stringent NASAA […]

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