The Menu: Cork Rooftop Farm takes farming to new heights with zero-waste shop
Brian McCarthy, proprietor, fills a container in the new 'Zero Waste' wholefoods section of the at the Cork Rooftop Farm shop. Picture: Larry Cummins
One of The Menu’s most favourite of all the responses to the pandemic has been the Cork Rooftop Farm, which saw Brian McCarthy pivot from running the family floral supplies business to starting an urban rooftop garden with friend, Thay Carlos. In less than two years it has expanded into a project that the enterprising pair themselves never imagined possible. The farm now supplies a range of fresh produce to local restaurants — a supply chain so shortened it generates zero carbon miles. Brian also partnered with progressive farmer, Ger Buckley, to begin a market garden and expand what began as a rooftop hen run into a larger free-range egg-producing enterprise.
