LISTEN: Blue Diamond Leaving Sacramento, Cutting 600 Jobs

Blue Diamond has announced plans to wind down operations at its plant in Sacramento, California, cutting some 600 jobs in the process. 

The company 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, the company must shutter its plant in midtown Sacramento, transferring most manufacturing operations from its 53-acre-site to facilities in Turlock and Salida, California.