Project Title: Research and Development for New Product

We Sow We Grow

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Project Title Research and Development for New Product
Project Topics Operations Product Design & Development
Skills & Expertise
Project Synopsis: Challenge/Opportunity
We are trying to create a value-added product in the form of CSA, Community Sourced Agriculture, boxes. We do not grow enough to facilitate a sustainable CSA, however, we believe we have the ability to partner with other farms to fill out the boxes. We are inexperienced in setting up a product offering and collaborating/partnering with other farms. We will need to build a value-added product model that can serve as a rubric for future offerings. We will need to understand the requirements and details of vendor agreements/contracts. We will need to know cost-effective packaging materials as well as delivery methods (although we think pick up from a central location may be ideal). We believe that a small, soft-launch, proof of concept CSA box subscription for the next growing season would be ideal. At the very least, we believe a solid vendor contract template and product model will allow us to soft launch later in the growing season if necessary.
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Project Timeline

We Sow We Grow - Research and Development for New Product
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Tue, 01/12/21
12:00 AM UTC
OFFICIAL PROJECT FINAL PRESENTATIONS (8 AM, 12:30 PM, 2 PM CT)
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Tue, 03/09/21
12:00 AM UTC
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Sun, 05/09/21
12:00 AM UTC
KICKOFF SURVEY DUE
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Wed, 05/12/21
12:00 AM UTC
SELF ASSESSMENT DUE
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Wed, 05/12/21
12:00 AM UTC
PEER ASSESSMENT DUE
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Sun, 07/11/21
12:00 AM UTC
TEMP CHECK #3 DUE
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Mon, 08/09/21
12:00 AM UTC
OFFICIAL PROJECT LAUNCH
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Student on-boarding and project-matching survey complete
Mon, 09/06/21
12:00 AM UTC
Program Kickoff
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Sun, 10/10/21
12:00 AM UTC
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COMPANY Q&A WEBINAR DURING CLASS TIME (8 AM, 12:30 PM, 2 PM CT)
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UPLOAD MILESTONE #2 DELIVERABLE
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Scott Rosenfelder Northern Illinois University (NIU)

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