The Project
Peoria Fresh is a website project that will help connect gardeners, food banks, and families to create a healthier community within the Peoria area. The idea is that families will be able to go into their local food banks to make requests for specific fruits and vegetables at kiosks. These requests and where they were requested will be saved within the Peoria Fresh servers. Gardeners would then be able to view these requests on the Peoria Fresh website and accept ones that they wish to take on. They would then begin planting their request and could update the progress of their growth within the website to keep the food banks up to date. When their requests are ready to be brought in, the gardeners can schedule their deliveries. This system would make it much easier for disadvantaged families in the Peoria area to have access to fresh produce. This project was begun by the Computer Science department, with the User Experience Design students being brought in to help make the prototype more user friendly and visually appealing.