Worries about future water supplies are bubbling up in western rural Arizona as neighbors complain that their backyard wells have dried up since an agribusiness began farming alfalfa nearby.
Shout-out to Governor Hobbs for actively doing something about this problem. She’s a huge improvement over her predecessor, Doug “You can just buy bottled water, fuck off” Ducey.
Gov. Katie Hobbs in October yanked the state’s land lease on another La Paz County alfalfa farm, one operated by Fondomonte Arizona, a subsidiary of Saudi dairy giant Almarai Co. The Democrat said the state would not renew three other Fondomonte leases next year, saying the company violated some lease terms.
Shout-out to Governor Hobbs for actively doing something about this problem. She’s a huge improvement over her predecessor, Doug “You can just buy bottled water, fuck off” Ducey.