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Stats to Spice Up Your Pumpkin Knowledge

October 22, 2019 Gregory Astill, Economic Research Service

As you are enjoying fall pumpkin treats, consider that every U.S. state produces pumpkins. However, the top five pumpkin producing states between 2016 and 2018 – Illinois, Texas, California, Indiana, and Pennsylvania – harvested about 40 percent of U.S. pumpkin acres, according to the 2017 Census of...

Research and Science

Pumped Up for Pumpkin

October 08, 2019 Monica Williams, Technical Information Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Summer is fading, and the fall season will soon be bringing crisp air and colorful leaves, and creatively carved pumpkins will be sitting on the front steps of neighborhood houses. Pumpkins—fall wouldn’t be quite the same without them—but what do you really know about them?

Research and Science

Spook-tacular Healthy Halloween Ideas: USDA Evidence-Based Ideas for a Healthy and Safe Halloween

October 31, 2017 Sheila Fleischhacker, Senior Advisor for Nutrition and Food Safety, Office of the Chief Scientist

“Trick-or-treating” or more recently “Trunk-or-Treating” is a Halloween custom for many American families. According to the US Census Bureau 2015 Population Estimates, there are an estimated 41.1 million potential trick-or-treaters – children ages 5 to 14 – across the United States. Of course...

Research and Science Food and Nutrition

Celebrating Seasonal Variety at the USDA Fall Harvest Festival

October 25, 2016 Annie Ceccarini, Program Manager, The People's Garden Initiative and USDA Farmers Market

Can you describe your favorite thing about fall? Would it be picking pumpkins, jumping carefree into a pile of crisp leaves, admiring the brilliant riots of color in our national forests and grasslands, eating fall vegetables, or something else entirely? You can celebrate fall in all of these ways...

Initiatives

Fall is Here! Celebrate with Pumpkin, 5 Different Ways

October 20, 2016 Corey Holland, RD, Nutritionist Consultant, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Pumpkins aren’t just for Halloween! These versatile vegetables are an excellent source of vitamin A and dietary fiber. To demonstrate different ways you can incorporate this seasonal superstar, MyPlate is showcasing five easy recipes with pumpkin as the main ingredient. MyPlate encourages you to...

Food and Nutrition

Speaking of Pumpkins

October 30, 2015 Hodan Farah Wells and Gustavo Ferreira, Economic Research Service

In the fall a person’s fancy often turns to thoughts of…pumpkins. The season is underway, from the ornamental pumpkins of Halloween to the pies that grace many tables at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Where do pumpkins come from? Though six States account for nearly half of U.S. production, pumpkins...

USDA Results Conservation

A Paiute Pumpkin Patch in Utah

October 31, 2014 Doug O'Brien, Acting Administrator, USDA Rural Development

As we prepare for annual Halloween celebrations across the nation, I was reminded of a trip I made to Cedar City, Utah earlier this month. StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity is an effort Secretary Vilsack launched in 2010 to address the distinct set of challenges America’s most rural areas...

Rural

Oregon Farmer Uses Conservation to Grow Farm, Giant Pumpkins

October 30, 2014 Spencer Miller, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Oregon organic farmer David Brown didn’t start off growing 400-pound pumpkins, but every fall they hold a prominent place on Brown’s Mustard Seed Farms. Starting out as a 26-acre farm in Marion County, Oregon, Brown has grown his diverse, organic operation to 80-acres while also achieving large...

Conservation

Illinois Farmers Have Plenty to Boast About

October 30, 2014 Mark Schleusener, Illinois State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Most people...

Conservation

One Day of Gleaning Brings Joy to Thousands of Children

November 27, 2013 Tanya Brown, Farm Service Agency

What started out with just a handful of FSA employees trying to do the right thing has turned into an annual event that spans six New Mexico counties. Ten years ago John Perea, county executive director for Torrance County, N.M., started a project to glean pumpkins from farmers John and Dianne Aday...

Food and Nutrition
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