The closure will cost 600 jobs and leave a sprawling midtown site vacant. But for Blue Diamond, the move is about protecting California almond farmers.

It’s a moment that Sacramento has sought to avoid for decades. Blue Diamond Growers, the 115-year-old almond cooperative that made Sacramento the world’s almond capital and became an economic ...

But for Blue Diamond, the move is about protecting California almond farmers. advertisement. Sacramento Bee. Sacramento exit ‘only option' for Blue Diamond, company says. Story by Annika Merrilees ...