nah, they'll pave paradise and put up a Photosynthesis plant

True story:

We're parenting our core agtech innovation to stop exactly that. Once the process is a little further along, we will be licensing it out for something like $1 to small farmers and local community members who want to grow fresh food at low cost compared to current ag companies (large farms, indoor ag, etc).

Unfortunately, the patenting process is slow, but at least it's a first to file system.

Edit: I may have miscommunicated - we have a different agtech innovation than that which is talked about in the article, but I'm using us as an example of innovators who are being mindful and deliberate of protecting the technology so that big companies can't simply stop people from using it or charge exorbitant amounts for it. We DO exist.

Imagine doing what Shkreli did except you're buying the pharmaceutical to charge less, not more, and to hold the rights so that you can sue other companies trying to copy your drug if they attempt to overprice it.

What shkreli did is a great example of the dangers of capitalism, but what we are trying to do is demonstrate profitability with widespread accessibility at a reasonable cost to those who otherwise couldn't afford something like this. Our tech costs 1/5 and less the current comparable solutions and requires zero reoccurring costs while comparable solutions can have expensive reoccurring costs.

Enron?

You're clearly getting just the right amount of education from social media, news headlines, and movies to make these well thought out and completely logical suggestions.