Participatory Research That Works: What We’ve Learned Building with Farmers Most agricultural research happens on farms. Farmers provide the land, the labor, and often the local knowledge that makes a study possible. But the questions that drive the research, the choices about what data to collect and how to analyze it, and the decisions about […]
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We are always seeking opportunities to co-design agriculture technology tools that can help address bottlenecks within the community. For the past 8 months, we’ve participated in a collaborative effort developing the farmOS: Conservation Planner module to increase the efficiency of the conservation planning process. What is Conservation Planning? Conservation planning helps farmers and ranchers secure […]
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We have released new features to make it easier for project managers to view and download stratification outputs and metadata from SoilStack without using the SoilStack API. When we first built SoilStack, with support from ESMC, we focused on ensuring that it was interoperable with MRV platforms. For this reason, the API was the main pathway to […]
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Over the past 18 months we have gathered feedback from many SurveyStack users (special thanks to OpenTEAM for their detailed feedback and continued support). Now we are beginning a major overhaul of the SurveyStack user interface (UI) and privacy settings in response to that feedback. In the first phase, which we hope to release in […]
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SurveyStack Initialization Feature
NEW FEATURE: INITIALIZATION Introducing the SurveyStack initialization feature. This feature allows survey builders to pre-populate different question types. You can pre-populate pieces of a survey based on the answer to a previous question or even from an online resource. The goal of the initialization feature is to make surveys quicker for the user and ensure […]
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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 In Depth: The Common Profile
If you’ve been keeping up with the Question Set Library, one particular set stands out: the Common Profile.
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Check Out the Question Set Library
Check Out the Question Set Library SurveyStack’s newest development in flexible, replicable data collection. What is the Question Set Library? Since the earliest days of Our-Sci, we’ve pursued a central goal: “How can we create more democratic ways for communities to answer a common question about the world?” SurveyStack developed out of a need to […]
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Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management – an interview with Dr. Dorn Cox “Our Sci is building some of the key utilities for conducting large-scale public science. One of the core orientations that OpenTEAM has taken – that I think is really important to large-scale collaboration – is focusing on the way in which we ask […]
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I already get it – take me to the conference page or heck just let me apply now! Wanting more info… Read on! Why another conference? Information about our food system should be public or easy-to-share. Unfortunately, that is often not the case. Food is currently produced by a mix of private and public entities, and information about […]
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