Find your local pumpkin patch or corn maze! Plus try a recipe for toasted pumpkin seeds!





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Tricks to Keep Your Pumpkins Glowing

It is a great year for pumpkins in Minnesota! Whether you are heading out to a patch to pick-your-own or getting your pumpkins at your local farmers' market or grocery store, here are some tips to remember when picking and carving your pumpkins!

Feeling inspired? Find your perfect fall pumpkin with the?Minnesota Grown directory [ [link removed] ].

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Fall Fun Finder

Don't stop with pumpkins! The Minnesota Grown directory is your guide to finding crop mazes, jump pads, baked treats, petting zoos, hay rides, and more.

Hint: try keywords "Pumpkin Cannon!"

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Vote Today for the Retailer of the Year

Now through Saturday, October 22, head to the Minnesota Grown Facebook page to vote for your favorite Minnesota Grown retailers!?

Results will be announced at the Minnesota Grocers Association awards luncheon next Spring.

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Recipe: Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Don?t throw out those pumpkin seeds! This recipe,?featured in the Fall edition of our new?Living Local Publication [ [link removed] ]?will make a healthy and tasty snack.

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Do You Buy Local?

Minnesota Grown and the Statewide Cooperative Partnership [ [link removed] ] are gathering data on the what consumers like you are looking for and facing when purchasing local foods. Help improve our local food systems by taking this brief survey. Plus, you'll be entered to win great Minnesota Grown prizes!

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FEAST Local Foods Marketplace [ [link removed] ]
FEAST! Local Foods Festival

The 9th Annual FEAST! Local Food Marketplace makes it easy to prepare for the holidays. From baking essentials to gourmet gift boxes, *you'll find it all Saturday, Nov. 5, 10am-4pm* at the Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, Minn.

FEAST! Local Foods Marketplace is co-hosted by non-profit organizations, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation [ [link removed] ] and Renewing the Countryside [ [link removed] ], and sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture [ [link removed] ].

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