EditorialComputer coders work to to program crop-harvesting robots at NeoFarm, an agro-ecological vegetable farm near Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France, on Sept. 28, 2021. (Andrea Mantovani/The New York Times)
EditorialGerardo Portillo, a vegetable farm at Little Bear Produce, inspects crops damaged by the winter storm in Edinburg, Texas, Feb. 19, 2021. (Amy Scott/The New York Times)