Byron Bay

Byron Bay Agriculture

In and around Byron Bay, agriculture is expressed through working farms, local food outlets, production nurseries and practical support for landholders. The wider Byron Shire includes pasture-based livestock, egg production, edible plant growing and nursery production, while local markets connect producers with customers across the Northern Rivers.

This guide brings together a representative selection of enterprises and services in Byron Bay, Ewingsdale, Brooklet and the surrounding shire. It is useful for farmers, growers, smallholders, food producers and organisations seeking local connections.

🌾 Growers & Primary Producers

The Farm Byron Bay

This 80-acre working farm at Ewingsdale combines pasture-raised chickens, heritage-breed pigs and Scottish Highland cattle with flower fields and vegetable production through its Growers Collective. Farm-grown produce is used and sold on site.

11 Ewingsdale Road, Ewingsdale NSW

Oliver's Hens

This Byron Shire egg producer keeps pasture-raised, organic-fed hens on a regenerative, zero-waste farm. The business states that its flock has grown to 2,000 hens, with eggs stocked through organic and wholefood outlets across the Northern Rivers.

Brooklet Springs Farm

A family-run hinterland producer of pasture-raised organic chicken, beef and pork. Its associated Locavore retail and butchery operation in Byron Bay’s arts and industry estate provides a direct local outlet for the farm’s protein range.

🌱 Production Nurseries & Horticulture

Byron Bay Herb Nursery

This wholesale nursery in Byron Bay’s arts and industry estate is also open to the public. It grows more than 150 varieties of herbs, seedlings, flowering plants and edible plants, supplying stock through businesses across the Northern Rivers.

Cape Nursery

Cape Nursery is a wholesale production nursery at Ewingsdale growing advanced trees and screening plants. Its range includes more than 100 species and cultivars, with trade ordering, project quotations and supply for landscape contractors, councils and developers.

196 Myocum Road, Ewingsdale (Byron Bay) NSW 2481 · ☎ (02) 6684 7332 (general and trade enquiries)

🤝 Producer Groups & Industry Support

Byron & Bangalow Farmers Markets

This producer-market organisation connects local growers, food producers and customers. Its Byron market operates at Butler Street Reserve and its Bangalow market at Piccabeen Park, with local growers and producers invited to apply for membership.

Byron Shire Council Regenerative Agriculture

Council’s agricultural extension programme supports new and existing farmers and landholders with regenerative-agriculture resources, farmer-network information, field days and workshops. Free on-site farm consultations are available through the Agricultural Extension Officer.

Byron Shire · ☎ 02 6626 7375 (Agricultural Extension Officer and free on-site farm consultations)

Together, these enterprises show how Byron Bay’s agricultural community links production with markets, plant supply and practical landholder support. The mix includes direct farm outlets, wholesale nursery trade and services that help growers build local knowledge and connections.

Relevant local producers, suppliers, contractors and agricultural groups are welcome to add or update a listing with their specialisms, service area and direct contact details.

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