At Harvest, we offer a comprehensive dining experience, giving visitors the opportunity to learn about sustainability and delicious native and locally sourced ingredients.
We always consider our implications for the environment and how to minimise our carbon footprint by working with likeminded suppliers, producers, growers, our own edible gardens and our own wild food researcher who forages for Byron Hinterland’s underutilised native Australian ingredients.
We buy whole animals which are broken down on site, and ensure we use every part of the beast with sauces and stocks. Our seasonal menu allows us to use local produce, often only available in small quantities, highlighting our core values.
WINE
Harvest’s all Australian wine list supports and explores small, conscientious wine makers and lesser-known varietals, highlighting the diversity of the regions in Australia.
The focus is on passionate and innovative vineyard practices which produce extraordinary wines through techniques like organic and biodynamic farming, minimal intervention, chemical and sulphur-free, and minimal refining and filtering.
GROW
Understanding / Identifying / Exploring
Inspiring the children of our neighbourhood with three workshops developed under the holistic umbrella of FOOD.
Harvest work alongside local school’s existing curriculum to inspire the future of our community and environment.
ALL OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS
The Good Fish Project
Our dedication to sustainably sourced fish, this project aims to educate the general public on the importance of sustainable fishing.
Waste & Recycling
All of our waste is separated into waste and recycling. As much recyclables are diverted from landfill as possible.
Compost
All of our kitchen scraps and bar waste are composted on site and used in the Harvest gardens for food production.
Polystyrene
All polystyrene that is used for delivery of produce is recycled or sent back to suppliers.
Rooftop Solar Panels
We currently have 50% of our buildings covered in solar panels, with the intention of covering 100% by 2022.
Grey Water Recycling
We installed a grey water recycling system in order to treat our grey water onsite, and to help prevent the pollution of our oceans.
Used cooking oil
All our cooking oil is collected and recycled to make biodiesel.
Localized Economy
No food miles with the bakery, deli and Harvest gardens producing food on site. Our monthly changing Wild Harvest evening menu also allows us to use very local seasonal produce, often only available in small batches, highlighting our localized economy and seasonality.
Meat Ageing Room
We buy whole animals which are broken down on site, and ensure we use every part of the beast with sauces and stocks.
Regenerating Native Australian Plants
Our wild food researcher Peter Hardwick regenerates endangered salt marshes by planting coastal succulents at Shaws Bay and North creek at Ballina.
Compostable containers & bags
We use plant-based takeaway containers, takeaway coffee cups by Allpress (with the idea to one day eliminate takeaway cups), and compostable rubbish bags.
Zero-Waste in kitchen & bar
We use by-products of meat, fruit and vegetables to create sauces, vinegars and syrups.
Paper Usage
100% recycled paper for our menus, 100% recycled toilet paper in bathrooms and 100% recycled paper napkins in the restaurant and bathrooms.
Honeybees
Our on-site Flow Hive helps to provide pollination in the community, as well as support the declining bee population.
Native bees
Australian native bees a.k.a. sugarbag bees are one of 1000 native Australian bee species. While being a stingless version of their European cousins, they help provide pollination to countless species.
Coffee Grounds
Our used coffee grounds are composted on site or packed in compostable bags for free and given to the local community to use in their home gardens.
Liberation Larder
Unsold bread is donated to a local organization that creates meals and feeds the homeless.
Lighting
We are transitioning to 100% LED bulbs, which use 7 times less energy then halogen or incandescent bulbs.
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