Inspiration

Fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, and legumes don’t play the central role they need to in our food system. The result is a chronic health epidemic, disastrous impacts on the climate, and unequal access to food. We wanted to find a tangible solution to this very real and consequential problem.

What it does

Cropscape analyzes location-specific soil, climate, and hardiness data to provide personalized crop recommendations for a thriving backyard garden. The user inputs a

How we built it

We built our project using React, Express, Node.js, and MySQL.

Challenges we ran into

ChatGPT required tokens that cost money. We had difficulties implementing React on the frontend, so we had to opt for vanilla HTML/CSS.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of our ability to leverage several APIs to create a centralized source of gardening-relevant information.

What's next for Cropscape

Gaining access to more robust databases of soil information, implementing a better soil analysis system.

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