Amado, Ariz. (AP) — Those to-die-for tomatoes at local suppliers soon will be picked closer to home — and more available here in peak summer months — as a longtime Mexican grower plans greenhouse operations in Amado that someday could employ more than 200 people.

Ground has been broken for the first of five 12-acre greenhouses on a 60-acre spread in Amado, purchased from a sister company by Wholesum Family Farms from Sopori Ranch and already undergoing site improvements. Completion of the first greenhouse is expected in August, with production starting in October, involving the transplanting of 15- to 20-inch starts grown from traditionally-bred Dutch seed in the company's nursery in Sonora, Mexico, said General Manager Ricardo Crisantes