We grow hops for Australian craft breweries and we also have

HOP TOURS, HOP GROWING WORKSHOPS, LONG TABLE EVENTS and PICK YOUR OWN SUNFLOWERS at BEMBOKA SUNFLOWERS.

HOPS

Ryefield Hops is a family owned business dedicated to producing sustainable hops grown using regenerative agriculture principles for the Australia craft beer market.

We have 12 acres under trellis and grow a variety of hops. Hops can be purchased in either fresh, dried whole cone or T90 pellets.

Rhizomes and crowns (hop plants) can also be purchased direct from Ryefield Hops. Whether it be 1 or 1,000 please contact us to order yours.

Please click above to read more about our hop farm and order hops for your brewery or homebrewing needs.

EVENTS ON FARM

We are normally closed to the public but we open the farm for special events during the growing season.

*Hop tours

*Hop growing workshops

*Dine in the bines

Please click above to read more about these events.

PICK YOUR OWN SUNFLOWERS

Beside the hops, we have a delightful field of sunflowers planted just for you to enjoy. When in bloom we have open days where you can leisurely stroll through the field and cut your own sunflowers to take home.

Sunflower season for 2024 has ended. Please check social media for updates on open days in 2025.

Open days will be advertised on our dedicated socials page @BembokaSunflowers.

WHO WE ARE

Ryefield Hops is a family owned and operated business.

Photos by Honey Atkinson

JADE McMANUS (they/them)

Jade has an Environmental Science (Hons) degree and has always had an interest in gardening, permaculture and growing sustainable produce. Jade fell into the craft beer industry through a friend 5 years ago and was immediately researching where and how hops grew.  

Being from the far south coast of NSW and having an intimate knowledge of the climate they put two and two together and had the idea of growing hops in the Bega Valley,

Jade is the driver of our sustainability and regenerative farming focus. Jade investigates and reviews our cover cropping, fertiliser programs, weed management, predatory bugs as well as working in the field during the season.

Jade is currently working off-farm as an environmental consultant.

MORGAN TAYLOR (he/him)

Morgan grew up at Ryefield and has always loved farm life. He moved to complete Cert III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade) and has moved back to the Bega Valley with his family. 

He is excited to see new life in the farm and has used his boilermaking skills to setup the hop trellis system and customised infrastructure inside the processing shed. Morgan has built everything in the processing shed from the ground up including conveyors, multilevel kiln, staircases, walkways, mezzanine, office to mention just a few. He is also skilled at creating hop trailers and tractor implements from scratch. He works tirelessly to ensure the shed, harvester and tractors run smoothly in the leadup to and during harvest.

Morgan is working full time at Bega Cheese and does all of this on his days off.

KAREN TAYLOR (she/her)

Karen has a Bachelor of Exercise Science and is a sleep and cardiac technician. She had minimal experience in agriculture but was excited about the opportunity of establishing Ryefield Hops with family. She is enjoying the steep learning curve growing hops.

Being a small business means we look after all the back end of the business ourselves. Karen takes care of human resources, procurement, bookkeeping, administration, payroll, website building and editing, marketing, advertising, social media, event management and all else in between.

Karen is working off-farm part time as a cardiac technician.

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