Katherine Sizov is the founder and CEO of Strella Biotech.
Her problem: Tons of food is wasted before it ever gets to the consumer.
Katherine started working on this problem in 2018, when she was a junior in college. Her idea: imitate the natural world and build a device that detects when fruit is ripening. It worked. Now some of the biggest apple and pear packers in America use her device.
Next up: Avocados.
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