Farmers.gov

Project Overview

The Usabilathon is a platform to showcase and promote the field of human factors through active partnerships between academia and industry. Through this partnership, up-and-coming graduate professionals in Human Factors and in UX related fields are given the opportunity to tackle real world client-driven problems. Over the course of the competition, participants design, iterate, and develop solutions to these pressing problems.

The Challenge

Provided by Metrostar, the usabilathon challenge encompassed designing an interface that new or beginning farmers can use to browse, view, and consume information (current and over time) specific to them to make better informed decisions on how to manage their day-to-day operations as well as increase the long-term viability of their farms. Our sponsors also mentioned that thee solutions should be customizable to the farmers specific location.

Guidelines:

Include features with important dates that new and beginning producers should keep in mind
Financial decision-making resources and information
Information relevant to the geographic location of the user with real-time information
Accessible to those with disabilities and support WCAG 2.0 & 508 Compliance
Be integrated as part of the broader farmers.gov platform

The Prototype

(yes, it's interactive!)

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