HEREFORD, Ariz.—With his arms wide open, Lloyd Trachtenberg welcomed every drop of water from a passing summer drizzle as if it had not rained in years.
The shower ceased as quickly as it had begun, and a brisk desert breeze stirred in the sweltering 90-degree heat.
It was a welcome break from the blazing sun while working on the crops at Laine Organic Farms in Hereford, Arizona, just four miles from the Mexico border.
Organic farming is hard, Trachtenberg said.
“It’s dirty. It’s hot—and you work your butt off seven days a week,” he said.
“Machinery is always breaking. Something needs this; something needs that.”…