What do we do with so many nuts? After putting technology and innovation on their farm in Chilecito, María and Diego started

-What if we present an alfajor? This is the question that María Martínez and Diego Specioso asked themselves in 2023. So, when they started in 2018, they couldn't have imagined how things would turn out. And neither could they have foreseen what happened in 2025. The farm is located in the Guanchín mountains, 20 kilometers from Chilecito, where the climate sets the rules but walnuts (as we know) have found their place in the world there. It is 45 hectares with about 11 thousand walnut plants, almost all Chandler, a North American variety that adapted perfectly to La Rioja and today defines the family's productive identity. Some Franket remained, mainly to fulfill a specific function: pollinating to ensure a uniform and good quality harvest. Even old plants had to be grafted to unify the grove under a single standard, because the idea was always clear: if the climate produced excellent walnuts, it had to be accompanied by management and technology. But producing in this area is not ...