Are you using the farmOS integration with SurveyStack? If so, you may notice some recent updates to make your user experience better than ever. Notifications The biggest change is that there are now more notifications via email when the status of a user’s farmOS integration changes. Previously, there were no notifications sent out in most […]
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PDF survey outputs
New Feature: PDF survey outputs! We’ve heard requests and built an all-new feature that many of you have asked for – the ability to create PDFs of surveys. If you’re in the process of drafting a new survey and want to see what it would look like on paper or pass it around for collaborative […]
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Building with the Common Profile
Icons of cooperative construction – Photo by Shelby Cohron on Unsplash It’s been nearly a year since we first posted about the Common Profile. Since then, we’ve gotten so much excellent, experienced feedback from our partners & community members that we wanted to bring you an update. Thank you for working with us to build […]
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Updates based on Fellows feedback
Updates based on Fellows feedback Happy spring! Here are some recent developments we’ve made at Our-Sci, based directly on feedback from the OpenTEAM fellows. The fellows program began in 2022, with a goal of “embedding systems of support to connect land stewards to the OpenTEAM technology ecosystem, simultaneously refining tools.” Genna Fudin, the fellow working […]
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SurveyStack & farmOS Convention Schemas If you missed the most recent farmOS community call, you can catch the recording here: farmOS Conventions Schema Discussion Greg and Octavio from the Our-Sci team presented the recent work they’ve been doing with systematizing conventions for farmOS using json schemas. If you’re interested in documentation, interoperability, or the nuts […]
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New Market Module & Hylo Updates
New Market Module & Hylo Updates We’re pleased to announce some new survey options developed through community input: When we originally designed our interoperable survey tools like the Common Profile and Hylo Onboarding, we were focused primarily on the needs of farms and farmers. As our community has expanded and worked with these tools locally, […]
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Our-Sci at Ecofarm
Our-Sci at Ecofarm This January, Our-Sci’s Project Coordinator, Amber Subers, attended the Ecofarm conference in Monterey, California. This is the first conference our staff has been able to attend in person in quite some time, and we took the opportunity to catch up with Amber and hear about her experience. Note: This conversation has been […]
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SurveyStack New Feature
Survey version management, a new Help button, plus updates to the SurveyStack x Hylo integration survey. Version Management Creating a great survey often involves lots of changes, edits, and improvements. The downside is that after a long building process, you can end up with a bulky survey with dozens of past versions that slow down […]
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Smart Accounting for Improved Ecosystem Services – an interview with Dr. Dan TerAvest In case you missed it: Dan TerAvest, cofounder of Our-Sci, was interviewed for Proofing Futures. Their conversation covered SoilStack, developing tools for a diverse user base, and reducing costs through data automation. “How do we measure resilience? How would we have confidence […]
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Our-Sci wins ‘Gazelle’ FastTrack award at Ann Arbor SPARK Presented at the a2TECH360 conference in Ann Arbor, the SPARK FastTrack awards recognize fast-growing “gazelle” organizations. Our own Puspa Ghimire and Abhi Agrawal were in attendance to accept the award.
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