The AP (10/19) reports the recent recall of peanut-butter products “has affected peanut butter and nut products sold at major retailers around the country, raising concerns about the long-term impact on the industry – especially in products grown and processed in the flat, dusty eastern New Mexico town of Portales. The region is home to the prized Valencia peanut, which represents just a small percentage of the nation’s massive peanut crop, but is favored for natural and organic peanut butter products because of its sweet flavor.” The AP mentions that the “salmonella outbreak that has been traced to a New Mexico peanut factory.”