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Canned pumpkin shortage?
On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 05:19:51 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 08:02:47 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 07:13:24 -0700 (PDT),
>>wrote:
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>>> Two years ago I couldn't find canned pumpkin anywhere and went to at least a half dozen different stores. At each place I was told there was a pumpkin shortage and there wouldn't be more till Fall. It's still in my stores at the moment.
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>>There *was* a canned pumpkin shortage one year, but not anymore.
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>According to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, 95% of the U.S.
>crop intended for processing is grown in Illinois. Nestlé, operating
>under the brand name Libby's, produces 85% of the processed pumpkin in
>the United States, at their plant in Morton, Illinois. In the fall of
>2009, rain in Illinois devastated the Nestlé crop, resulting in a
>shortage affecting the entire country during the Thanksgiving holiday
>season.
Forgot to add the source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin
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