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A lawyer said she thinks CFIUS will find the matter is not in its jurisdiction. She also said that CFIUS already seems to have begun asking questions about the project, too.

The purchase of 300 acres of bucolic farmland in North Dakota is raising national security concerns over the buyer: Chinese food ingredient maker Fufeng Group.

Lawmakers are raising the alarm over a Chinese company’s purchase of more than 300 acres of farmland just 20 minutes from an Air Force base in North

Curry’s email comes as the Herald investigates the origins of a memo written by United States Air Force Maj. Jeremy Fox, who is posted at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

City Administrator Todd Feland notes that a memo cited in the report was “completed on personal time and in no way reflects the official opinions” of the Air Force or Space Force.

A major concern of the opponents of the Fufeng project has been concerns about air quality and water issues. The company says it has invested more than $50 million during the past three years to improve environmental protection technologies across its facilities.

Proponents of local corn mill factory can’t shake community suspicion that Fufeng is up to no good.

After many questions to the COO, his most common answer was, “I don’t see that happening,” and “that probably won’t happen,” etc., etc.

Closed-door meeting took place Wednesday afternoon.

No only are city leaders eyeing an economic opportunity, but they’re worried about what saying no to the proposed factory might mean in the future.