The Blue Diamond Growers facility will be winding down operations and leaving its historic midtown Sacramento plant, the company announced Friday. About 600 workers will be impacted by the closure, according to Blue Diamond.

Workers sort almonds at the Blue Diamond Growers almond plant in Sacramento in 2011. Blue Diamond Growers announced it will shut its midtown Sacramento plant, moving operations to Turlock & Salida. Around 600 jobs will be affected in next two years. Lezlie Sterling Sacramento Bee file

Blue Diamond Growers' announcement Friday of a plan to shutter its Sacramento plant and move operations elsewhere over the next two years ends a legacy of more than a century representing the region's agricultural heritage.