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Morton – The Pumpkin Capital of the World – Featured in WCBU Article

Mayor Jeff Kaufman sat down with Joe Deacon, a reporter at WCBU, to highlight the importance of our community’s contribution to the world’s pumpkin supply.

Welcome to Morton – a bite-sized ‘capital of the world’ that produces a whole lot of canned pumpkin

A white water tower with an orange pumpkin covers the word Morton. Morton, Illinois prides itself on producing tons of pumpkins each year. Most of them are pureed and canned at the Libby's plant, which has been in the town for nearly 100 years.

A version of this feature was also picked up nationally by NPR for the All Things Considered show and the Here and Now show.  Click here to read or listen to the NPR segment.