Can Urban Rooftop Microfarms be profitable?

Author(s)
Wilson, G.
Publication language
English
Pages
3pp
Date published
01 Aug 2002
Type
Articles
Keywords
Food and nutrition, Livelihoods, Urban

This question has been answered (on paper) by the
Southside Chamber of Commerce in the city of Brisbane,
in sub-tropical Australia. The chamber calculated that
with a little more than A $200,000, a “rooftop microfarm”
based on waste management could yield around 20%
return on invested capital, and employ three to four
people. The Southside Chamber of Commerce Urban
Agriculture Group is now considering how to fund a pilot
project in Mt Gravatt Central in Brisbane, in the state of
Queensland to prove the feasibility study findings.