EditorialJafari Black, left, and Kidney Balala show how deep they would need to dig to replant a flooded field in Chipyali, a village in the Balaka District of Malawi, on March 25, 2023. (Khadija Farah/The New York Times)
EditorialTopsoil at a field near Schw?bisch Gmünd, Germany, where Weleda grows plants for use in skincare products, July 11, 2022. (Andrew White/The New York Times)