And then just last year, Libby sold enough cans in grocery stores to bake over 48 million pumpkin pies. DEACON: Illinois is in what Ackerman calls the orange belt, where the climate and soil is ...
RACHELLE MALIN: Over the last 16 years, we've harvested over 1.9 million tons of pumpkins. And then just last year, Libby sold enough cans in grocery stores to bake over 48 million pumpkin pies.
Morton, Ill., prides itself on producing tons of pumpkins each year. Most of those pumpkins are pureed and canned at the Libby's plant, which has been in the town for nearly 100 years.