Sustainable Financing Documentation for Local Grown Salads

Local Grown Salads is embarking on an innovative financing initiative that includes both equity and green bond components. The company seeks to enhance its financial transparency and appeal to investors by developing a comprehensive set of financial documents. This project aims to provide learners with the opportunity to apply their financial analysis and documentation skills in a real-world context. The team will focus on creating clear, accurate, and professional financial documents that align with the company's sustainable business model. This project will allow learners to gain practical experience in sustainable finance, a growing field that combines environmental responsibility with financial performance. The project will involve analyzing and creating financial projections, understanding green bond requirements, and ensuring compliance with relevant financial standards. Here is a link to a deck to our project

OPT Student Internship Recruitment Process Development

Local Grown Salads aims to enhance its internship program by effectively recruiting F-1 OPT students, who are international students in the United States eligible for internships. The project involves creating a streamlined process to identify and engage these students, encouraging them to apply for internships with the company. The goal is to develop a comprehensive strategy that includes identifying potential sources of candidates, crafting compelling outreach materials, and establishing a communication plan to connect with students. This project will allow learners to apply their knowledge of marketing, communication, and process development to create a practical solution for the company. The tasks will focus on researching effective recruitment channels, designing outreach campaigns, and developing a step-by-step guide for implementation.

App/Backend Development Projects

Number of positions available: One or more teams with one or more students We are creating an Indoor Vertical Farming system, and are working on creating a full seed to plate infrastructure. We have 13 different subsystems: Network - Manages the entire Farm Network Assembly - An ERP system (extending Odoo) to manage the manufacturing Agronomist - Maintains our grow formulas and marketing materials Grower - A full analysis system to review all the farms AI - (Not currently available) Uses the data in Grower to create new grow formulas Gardner - Manages the hardware for the Vertical Acre according to the grow formula specifications Pavilion - Manages the HVAC system according to the grow formula specifications Germinator - Manages the hardware for the Incubator Barn - Manages the farm Farmer - An ERP system (extending Odoo) to manage the farm Inspector - Monitors the equipment and production Director - Provides an API to mobile applications and 3rd party software Customer Layer - Mobile/Web applications Distributor - applications for the distributor customers Consumer App = This app is intended to interact with a consumer of our products. Retailer App - For the retailer Food Server App - For the Restaurant The students will a) Work with our Marketing Team to develop and test a UX b) Work with our Data Architect to capture the relevant user data and store it in our DB c) Write the App code to implement the App specification. d) Be responsible for fixing any bugs. e) Ensure the App meets all technical requirements of the Android and Apple app stores. Here is a link to a summary of the all the applications and even more details

F-1 OPT Internships

Local Grown Salads is seeking to enhance the efficiency of its EcoSystem technology The project aims to provide F-1 OPT students with practical experience in Software development. The internships are technical are mostly technical in nature. Here is a link to the technical Roles available: Here is a link to a description of the EcoSystem