Inspiration

There is growing food insecurity present in the United States. There are food deserts present throughout the United States, in these areas there is a lack of access to affordable healthy foods. In order to combat this pressing problem we came up with Garden Pals.

What it does

We are Garden Pals, promoting sustainable agriculture and striving to improve community gardens. Join people in surrounding communities to tackle food insecurities and potentially create your own garden of friends. We aim to increase food access in local neighborhoods and encourage people to contribute to food access in areas surrounding them. In the meantime, Garden Pals is focused on the greater Boston area and hopes to expand nationally. Lend a helping hand to your Garden Pals and learn how to grow fresh produce!

How we built it

Glitch, open source resources, USDA,

Challenges we ran into

Importing our own designs , a lack of databases aval el we had to create our own based on community gardens in Boston.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our ability to bring this idea to life and bring it all into one website

What we learned

Learned more about our community and the issue of food accessibility. Implementing what we learned

What's next for Garden Pals

Expanding nationally, potentially making an app to make a network for Garden Pals, Plant Health Tracker, login / sign in the plants you’ve planted.

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