While Idaho Farmers Are Having Their Water Shutoff, Look What’s Happening In Arizona.
“During one of the worst mega droughts of the past 1200 years—Saudi Arabian owned company is allowed to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to irrigate farm fields”.
The crop is sent overseas..
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“We're out here in the middle of the Arizona desert during one of the worst mega droughts of the past 1200 years. So you might be surprised to know that a Saudi Arabian owned company is being allowed to use these pumps to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to irrigate farm fields in the desert and grow one of the most water intensive crops there is, alfalfa.
So what is this company doing with all of this alfalfa? Well, they're putting it on trucks, and they put it on trains, and they put it on ships, and they send it back to the Middle East.
So why are they growing these crops out here in Arizona instead of back home? Well, it's illegal to grow a crop like alfalfa in Saudi Arabia because it uses too much water.
The attorney general of Arizona says this is an outrage. She says this is scandalous, and she's trying to get these leases with her on state owned land canceled so this will stop happening. She says that these foreign companies should not be allowed to operate here in Arizona, especially now that water is a depressions”