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Illinois Pumpkin Farmers Enjoy Bumper Crop

WKMS | By The Associated Press,
Whitney Jones
Published October 7, 2013 at 2:30 PM CDT

Illinois farmers say this year’s pumpkin harvest should produce a bumper crop. Farmers in the nation’s top pumpkin producing state say the bountiful harvest is due to a wet spring and dry late-summer weather. Most Illinois pumpkins are used for cooking and canning, but some are for decoration.
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Whitney Jones
Whitney grew up listening to Car Talk to and from her family’s beach vacation each year, but it wasn’t until a friend introduced her to This American Life that radio really grabbed her attention. She is a recent graduate from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where she studied journalism. When she’s not at WKMS, you can find her working on her backyard compost pile and garden, getting lost on her bicycle or crocheting one massive blanket.
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