Inspiration
Canada has been undergoing a food insecurity problem and when COVID came around there was a 10% increase. More than 14 percent of Canadians are facing this problem.
What it does
It is a platform where users can search their location and find plants that are safe to consume near them as another source of food for households. Foraging is a useful way to find food but is not put into practice because it cannot always be safe with a lot of misinformation and individuals not knowing how they can put it into practice. Savoury Shrubs conveniently has correct information on foraging and various plants as they are reviewed and written by professionals. Other information can also be found there such as recipes that can be made with foraged goods, and even events and postings about local community gardens through the social media page.
How we built it
We built the website using Bootstrap and React and prototypes through Figma.
Challenges we ran into
Time was definitely a challenge as there was so much more we wanted to implement into the demos.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud we got the plant database to work and output information onto the screen.
What we learned
We learned to allot more time to work and to keep brainstorming to a minimum.
What's next for Savory Shrubs
We want to implement a plant identification feature in our phone application to make it even easier and safe for individuals to use.
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