This Farm Has Been in the Rizzo Family for 68 Years. AI Could Take It All Away

When Humphrey the camel drinks root beer, he plants his fuzzy toes in the dirt, throws back his long neck, and sucks the sweet soda from a repurposed bourbon bottle. When he’s satisfied, his owner, Brenda Rizzo—an amiable 75-year-old with curled hair, dressed in a casual T-shirt and capri pants—gives Humphrey a pat on the neck, retrieves the bottle, and lovingly adjusts the bug-protection net that shields his face.

“I got him on a buy-one-get-one deal at Walmart,” says…