Regen Network’s First Iteration Land Steward App is Out!
This fall, Regen Network released the first iteration of our Land Steward App. Right now, this app is used by ranchers, farmers, and other land stewards to share information about their parcels with our Science Team, who use such data to develop and refine our Ecological State Protocols.
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In the future, this app will be a portal for land stewards to connect to an ecological data commons where they can share or sell their valuable agricultural data, enter into contracts with brands interested in funding ecological CSR programs, and receive compensation for verified improvements in the ecological health of their land.
For land stewards who don’t have a kmz or other geospatial file outlining their parcel, they can search for a location to zoom in on the region where their land is located and outline the parcel with the Mapbox drawing tool. We ask users to give each parcel a name and save it. Next, we ask them a series of questions about natural features on the land, management practices, and specific events from their records.
In the detail view for a parcel, we see a table of land management records. This data comes from a search in our PostGIS database based on geolocation of the parcel, and shows a history of management events over time through different periods of ownership.
After submitting data into the app, land stewards have the opportunity to see which incentive programs they qualify for and start receiving rewards for ecological improvements they have already accomplished.
The next big feature being coded for our Land Steward App is the ability for farmers to import a kmz or shapefile with the boundaries of their parcels, which our system will parse and draw on the map automatically. We will also import spreadsheets with management data so ranchers won’t have to click through our form to submit years of detailed management data.
Ahead on our roadmap, we’ll connect to the APIs of other farm management apps to allow land stewards to pull their data into Regen Network quickly and easily. We’ll also layer open source geospatial data, such as watershed and soil type maps, to give users immediate ecological insight into their bioregion. While there is still work to be done, we’re extremely proud of and excited about our first iteration Land Steward App.
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