Walnuts for holiday baking languish as U.S. shipping crisis hurts farmers
By Sharon Bernstein and Nathan Frandino ESCALON, Calif. (Reuters) – The shrink-wrapped boxes of fresh California walnuts stacked almost to the ceiling in Don Barton’s California packing facility should be headed to Europe for holiday baking and to Asia for New Year celebrations. Instead, newly cleaned and shelled nuts – about $10 million worth – …
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