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California’s Nut Producers Have a Costly Problem: Organized Crime

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40K The weight, in pounds, of the truck shipment recently stolen from a California nut producer. Sophisticated thieves have been making life pretty difficult for California’s nut industry, and that’s prompted some of the region’s trade groups to fight back. General Manager Andrew Howe told the Fresno Bee. “We

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Amid Food Stamp Cuts, Associations Help Inform Providers and the Public

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The way that we have really reached out is through these organizations that are on the ground. It’s going to change the choices that people are able to make at the grocery store,” said Stephanie Nishio, director of programs at the California Association of Food Banks, which helps Californians access food assistance and nutrition programs.