Seventy years ago, Brian Hammons’ grandfather owned a grocery store in southwest Missouri. He bought a hulling machine and got into the black walnut business.
Well-known Missouri company collects, sells black walnuts
Hammons Products buys wild black walnuts from 11 states and processes 23 to 25 million pounds of black walnuts annually.
Steve Kerns enjoys knowing people around the country may be sitting down for Christmas dinner with one of his hams as the main attraction.
Chances are excellent the pumpkin pie you’re going to eat at Christmas dinner started as a seed planted in an Illinois field.
