EditorialBen Gutierrez, curator of the USDA’s Apple Collection in Geneva, N.Y., which boasts more than 5,000 apple varieties, at the orchard on Nov. 7, 2019. (Heather Ainsworth/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by the United States Department of Agriculture shows an Aedes aegypti mosquito, that hunts under the sun, at dawn and dusk. The species depends on a fleet of senses to find blood. (Stephen Ausmus/USDA via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided via the United States Department of Agriculture shows the label of a recalled frozen-chicken product. (via USDA via The New York Times)
EditorialSheila Wilk inspects pallets of USDA rice in the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Illinois on March 16, 2021. (Lucy Hewett/The New York Times)
EditorialSheila Wilk inspects pallets of USDA rice in the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Illinois on March 16, 2021. (Lucy Hewett/The New York Times)