By Natalie Koch//March 29, 2024//

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By Natalie Koch//March 29, 2024//

Last fall, Governor Katie Hobbs announced that Arizona was terminating the farmland leases of Fondomonte – a subsidiary of the Saudi-owned dairy giant Almarai – on about 3500 acres of...

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