Would you like a side order of food with your car?

It’s a solar energy rooftop installation, except with this kind, you eat the energy.

That’s because the energy goes into food growing on the roof of Auto Mart USA. On Tuesday, work starts to create a 38,000 square-foot organic farm there, at 604 Ala Moana Blvd., former location of CompUSA.

The project is a collaboration of landlord Kamehameha Schools and FarmRoof, a Waimanalo-based company founded three years ago by Alan Joaquin.

The design is a variant of the urban roof gardens familiar in many large cities. A lot of Hawaii buildings would adapt well to this, the company reports on its website (farmroof.com).

For Auto Mart: The farm uses the heat and keeps it from reaching into the store, which means lower energy bills; let’s see what sprouts.

Chicken-catching contract will cause some crowing

Look for some cockadoodledoo-ing down at Honolulu Hale in the early weeks of the City Council calendar, because a debate’s in the offing over the control of feral and nuisance chickens and roosters.

Royos Farming is the company that now holds the city contract for the job, but that deal expires Jan. 31, and city officials are due to start seeking bids again. Some animal rights activists have alleged that Royos has been associated with cockfighting, and maintain that the company should be disqualified.

So far, city officials say they’re looking into the matter. We can all expect a noisy argument on the issue. At least that din will arise during regular workday hours, far less a disturbance than the birds themselves can be.