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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/arizona-is-evicting-a-saudi-alfalfa-farm-but-the-thirsty-crop-isnt-going-anywhere/
- Published: 2023-10-10T10:00:57-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at grist.org