Thanks to KGUN9 for this great segment about the 2014 Sahuarita Pecan Festival. Rikki Mitchell describes what goes on at the nuttiest festival in Arizona. Full transcript and video can be viewed at KGUN9
Thousands attend annual Sahuarita Pecan Festival
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) – If anyone knows pecans, it’s the Walden’s.
“We’re a nutty kind of family,” said Deborah Walden Ralls, who’s the granddaughter of Keith Walden, the man who founded Farmers Investment Co. back in 1948.
And her parents, Dick and Nan Walden currently run FICO, the parent company of the Green Valley Pecan Company.
“We have a lot of second and third generation employees and we treat them and feel about them like they are our family,” said Nan Walden. “And both of our kids Debbie and Rich are also working in the business and our grandsons, who are 7 and 10 are going to help out this summer, so we’re breaking them in too.”
The Waldens invited the community into their company on Saturday for the sixth annual Sahuarita Pecan Festival.
“Being a food and agriculture production company, we can’t allow people to come into our plant,” said Deborah Walden Ralls. “So this is a way for us to give demonstrations, show people what we do and how we do it.” [Read full transcript]