New Monsanto facility stirs up controversy near Marana
by Morgan Kyrklund | Tucson News Now
Southern Arizona residents have another chance to share their feelings about a new controversial development on its way unincorporated Pima County near Marana.
Monsanto is getting ready to build a 7-acre greenhouse facility in the area, and now, Pima County supervisors want to hear what the public has to say about it.
Those who oppose the deal say they are scared of the GMO crops and what it might do to the groundwater and the desert environment.