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The Context: My region produces ~90% of the world's supply of Makhana (Fox Nuts). I see farmers harvesting these seeds from muddy ponds daily, yet they sell them for pennies to aggregators. By the time the product reaches cities, it is 5x the price and often stale. The Project: I am bootstrapping a direct-to-consumer platform to cut out the middlemen. 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