A brazen crime wave is threatening to push farmers out of business. The latest in a series of walnut thefts is the largest yet, with the farmer nearly taking a half-a-million dollar hit.Add it to the stolen food file:
Thieves took off with more than 140,000 pounds of walnuts from Gold River Orchard, and the San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation says these crimes have been escalating.
“It’s brazen; it’s aggressive,” said Bruce Blodgett, San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation.
It’s also costly. About $400,000 worth of walnuts were stolen from the Escalon farm. It’s one of the largest walnut thefts in recent memory....MORE
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