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Digest #84Last week's feature article, New Breed of Solar Panels Fine-Tunes Lightfor Crops (aka A Roof that Pays for Itself), about the collaboration betweentwo local startups, Soliculture and Cityblooms, has been republished byUnited Nations University's Our World, an award-winning web magazinewith international readership. Cool, eh?

Thanks!Sara Isenberg, Founder, Editor-in-Chief, PublisherSanta Cruz Tech Beathttp://santacruztechbeat.com

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