From October to December, Pumpkins For Pigs connects community members across the country with local farms, so their leftover pumpkins can be used for animal feed. Jennifer Seifert/Pumpkins For Pigs hide caption
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A polar bear eats a pumpkin in the zoo in Hanover, Germany, 26 October 2017. Pumpkins are a source of enrichment for the animals and a way to draw visitors to the zoos. Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture alliance via Getty Image hide caption
Rick Swenson, triumphant in his pumpkin. This photograph was taken when he unofficially broke the record at mile 15.2. Mark Peterson/Courtesy of Rick Swenson hide caption
He Couldn't Break The Record For Pumpkin-Growing — So He Broke Out A Paddle
There are so many opportunities to screw up pumpkin pie. But done right, it can win friends and influence people. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
Perfect Pumpkin Pie: One Woman's Quest For Custard, Crust — And Glory
The pumpkin patch at Waldoch Farm in Lino Lakes, Minn. Kaomi Goetz for NPR hide caption
A Spooky Tale In Time For Halloween: Weather Cuts Into Pumpkin Crop
Wing Gourds: According to Phil Rupp, president of Rupp Seeds, many years ago an Amish woman from Pennsylvania sent Phil's father, Roger Rupp, then head of the company, photos of an interesting gourd she'd developed. Roger hadn't seen anything like them, so he agreed to market them. The woman sent in some seeds, and from there Rupp's popular line of wing gourds was born. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
A tiny selection of the flavor compounds in pumpkin and pumpkin-pie spices is enough to make our brain think, "Ah, pumpkin pie!" when we drink a pumpkin pie latte. Ashley MacKinnon/Flickr hide caption
Local police, firefighters and ambulances in New Hampshire responded to riots during the annual Pumpkin Festival near Keene State College on Saturday. Seth Meyer/AP hide caption
I tried to spell out "HELP" with syrup in the little squares, but there aren't enough pixels. NPR hide caption
When a tractor tire meets a pumpkin, the gourd doesn't win. That's one of the "pumpkin killing methods" in this year's video from "Hickok45." YouTube.com hide caption
Pumpkins for sale at the Mt. Rogers Pumpkin Patch in the a parking lot in Centreville, Va. Paul J. Richards/Getty hide caption
Pumpkin pie to the rescue? iStockphoto.com hide caption
Pumpkin shoppers should be on the look out for a pumpkin with a firm stem, or handle, still attached. Fifteen-month-old Lucy Myers searches for a pumpkin at Patterson Fruit Farm Oct. 18, in Chesterland, Ohio.
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R2-D2 pumpkin Noel Dickover hide caption