JOHN LOK / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Washington businesses break ties to industrial-food chain
Clark Bowen pours nuts into the roaster. The Northwest used to be a player in the peanut business, he says. Adams natural peanut butter, for instance, started out in Tacoma. Now Bowen is participating in a pilot project to see if larger quantities of peanuts can be grown in this state, reducing his need to rely on nuts from the South.
