Another start-up company in the region is aiming to track crops like commodities on an exchange. Knowing how many acres are in green lettuce or strawberries can help growers and shippers to understand what their market prices will be.
Another has isolated a bacteria that draws nitrogen from the air and fixes it into the soil, eliminating the need for nitrogen-based fertilizers and increasing the water-holding capacity of soil.
These are just a few examples of the solutions being imagined to solve the 21st-Century problems of shippers and growers.
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