Blue Diamond has announced plans to wind down operations at its plant in Sacramento, California, cutting some 600 jobs in the process.
The cooperative says it was founded in 1910 to “ensure the long-term success of small, multigenerational almond farmers and their families in California.”
To keep that mission on track, Blue Diamond says it must shutter its plant in midtown Sacramento, transferring most manufacturing operations from the 53-acre site to facilities in Turlock and Salida, California…