This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Claire Georges, CEO of Butterfly Bakery, a seed-to-shelf natural foods producer in Vermont. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Costco is recalling nearly a million bottles of prosecco over a “laceration hazard.” More than 940,000 bottles of the wholesale giant’s Kirkland brand Signature Prosecco Valdobbiadene were recalled ...