Segments From This Episode

• To EV, or not to EV

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  In the peaks and valleys of electric vehicle sales, we seem to be in a bit of a valley. Sales of new EVs this year have grown, but that growth has been at a slower pace than the year before. And Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino may be part of the trend. For a recent episode of “Marketplace Tech,” McCarty Carino talks about her decision to trade in her Volkswagen e-Golf for a gas-powered car.

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• Could a grocery delivery site help get more people signed up for SNAP?

  by Samantha Fields

  

  More than 42 million people get food assistance through SNAP, but many who are eligible don’t receive the benefits. Instacart’s new tool could help.

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• To stay on the farm, more and more farmers are working extra jobs

  by Teresa Homsi

  

  Roughly 85% of farm families rely on another part-time or full-time job to stay in business, according to the USDA.

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