Arizona is evicting a Saudi alfalfa farm, but the thirsty crop isn’t going anywhere

Photo by Caitlin O’Hara for The Washington Post via Getty Images. Article by Jake Bittle. Grist – October 6, 2023.

As Arizona struggles to adapt to a water shortage that has dried out farms and scuttled development plans, one company has emerged as a central villain. The agricultural company Fondomonte, which is owned by a Saudi Arabian conglomerate, has attracted tremendous criticism over the past several years for sucking up the state’s groundwater to grow alfalfa and then exporting that alfalfa to feed cows overseas. […]

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