Inspiration
Do you have a fruit tree or vegetable garden in your backyard? Are you always looking for people to barter with or gift your harvest to? Does your produce end up going to waste because your tia has had it with the bags of guayabas you keep sending through your cousin Freddy? Your tia will be happy to know that My Canasta is now here to help you share your guayabas with the rest of the community! We are a group of programmers, gardeners, designers, and community organizers who created My Canasta to help reduce food waste, improve water conservation efforts, and increase community awareness in Southeast Los Angeles.
What it does
My Canasta is a service that helps community members trade, sell, or give away fruits and vegetables growing in their own backyard in an effort to promote access to fresh and local food and support community engagement and sustainable growing practices.
How we built it
Backend : Mysql DB on Azure, PHP RESTful API using Laravel Fronend: Build Hybrid mobile app using Ionic Material Framework
Challenges we ran into
Implementing a usable app between a group of diverse backgrounds meeting for the first time.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Familiarizing ourselves and deploying on Azure. Fully developing a feasible concept in 2 days.
What we learned
How to address problems faced in our community using technology.
What's next for MyCanasta
Plenty of new features that need implementing.
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