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Vegetable Farm Assistant

Description

Small farmers make many spreadsheets to help them plan multiple plantings and harvests per year and to keep track of their harvests/profits. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a web app that helped optimize this process and calculate profitability to allow for better business decision making?

Approved Potential Capstones

Target users

Logged in user (User)

Tags

MVP Notes Optional

User Stories

Register

As a potential user, I need to be able to register with an ID and password

Login

As a user, I need to be able to log in.

Upload Harvest Times

As a user, I need to be able to upload a CSV file with seed to harvest times. Data should include: crop, direct_seed_to_harvest_time . The upload should replace existing data.

Edit Harvest Times

As a user, I need to be able to edit harvest times.

Upload Transplant Times

As a user, I need to be able to upload a CSV file seed to transplant times. Data should include: crop, direct_seed_to_transplant_time, transplant_to_harvest_time. The upload should replace existing data.

Edit Transplant Times

As a user, I need to be able to edit harvest times.

Upload Expiration Times

As a user, I need to be able to upload a CSV file of crop expiration times. Data should include crop, days to expire. The upload should replace existing data.

Edit Expiration Times

As a user, I need to be able to edit expiration times.

Upload Crop Plans

As a user, I need to be able to upload a CSV file to outline crop plans for the year. Data should include area identifier, crop, planting date. The upload should replace existing data.

Edit Crop Plans

As a user, I need to be able to edit crop plans.

Cerate Fileds

As a user I need to be able to create (draw?) fields, select crops to add to the field with specific start dates.

Import Data

As a user, I need to be able to import seed to harvest times from online sources.

Daily Notifications

As a user, I need to be able to register to receive a daily text or email notification with a summary of the work that needs to be done next/that day. Notifications should include:
* Hey, you need to seed the following crops today: carrots, beets, lettuce.
* Hey, your tomato and pepper transplants should be ready for field 1 today.
* Hey, Field 1 should have peppers ready for harvest soon.
* You harvested tomatoes 3 days ago and haven't sold them yet. They are going to go bad soon.
* You have lettuce going bad today.

Harvest Info

As a user, I need to be able to enter harvest information. Harvest information should include area identifier, crop, and weight/count

Sales Info

As a user, I need to be able to input daily sales amounts. Information should include product, amount, how sold (retail, wholesale, etc.)

Loss Info

As a user, I need to be able to mark material as lost (shortage, shrinkage, etc.)

Waste Info

As a user, I need to be able to enter items as wasted (spoiled, expired, etc.). Items not marked as wasted or sold should be marked as wasted at their expiration date.

POS

(Optional) As a user, I need to be able to mark items as sold through an interface with Square Point of Sale (POS)

Weekly Reports

As a user, I need to be able to generate weekly reports. Weekly reports should include sales reports, harvest reports

Seasonal Reports

As a user, I need to be able to generate seasonal reports. Seasonal reports should include loss/gain per crop or per field, loss/gain/efficiency of different sales channels.

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