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A House bill would replenish cancelled USDA funds for small-scale farmers, federal EV rebates to end

KAZU | By Elena Neale-Sacks
Published August 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM PDT
A woman stands in rows of crops, tending to the soil.
Elena Neale-Sacks
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Noemi Avalos farms at the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) in Salinas.

In today's newscast, many small-scale farmers in the Salinas Valley are having a hard time selling their produce. And, an effort to help people get federal electric vehicle rebates before they expire.
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Elena Neale-Sacks
Elena is an Emmy award-winning researcher, reporter, and producer. At KAZU, they cover agriculture, housing and homelessness, and the aftermath of the January 2025 lithium battery fire in Moss Landing. Their reporting and research has been featured on NPR, KQED, Netflix, Reveal, CalMatters, and more. Elena is an alum of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and UC Santa Cruz. You can reach them at elena@kazu.org.
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