State’s largest pension fund selling interest in company that owns farm growing alfalfa

Pension fund selling interest in company that ships alfalfa to Middle East

PHOENIX — The state’s largest public pension fund is selling off its interest in a company that owns a 3,000-acre western Arizona farm that grows alfalfa to ship to the Middle East.

State’s largest pension fund selling interest in company that owns farm growing alfalfa

The state’s largest public pension fund is selling off its interest in a company that owns a 3,000-acre western Arizona farm that grows alfalfa to ship to the Middle East. The move by the Arizona State Retirement System comes as Attorney General Kris Mayes is calling the idea of investing in a farm that exports alfalfa “as outrageous as it is stupid given the current state of our water crisis in Arizona.” She said that it also directly harms the…