Startups prepare for Forbes AgTech Summit

Albert Hernandez, a harvester from Castroville uses HUELLA X data collector Monday to scan the bar code on the side of a tray of freshly-picked and packaged strawberries in a field operated by Fresalda Farms south of Salins. The device was developed by and is being tested by Salinas-based Food Origins, Inc., to digitally provides data at farmers can use to track the rates of harvesting in their field. The Forbes AgTech Summit last year changed Nathan Dorn's life. Back then, Dorn, a systems engineer, was director of knowledge and innovation for a Valley strawberry grower. He also had an idea for a new business – making computer software and connected hardware to help farmers track the harvesting of hand-picked crops.