<div dir="ltr">Hello to all of you whom this may concern: <div>We wanted to let you know about our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/656778755830666?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22edit_dialog%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22left_rail%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D">Pumpkin Reharvest event</a> coming up next week: post Halloween. </div><div><br></div><div>Each year, Soil Cycle, dedicates their time to organizing a pumpkin recycling program for post-holiday "waste." "The super spooky news about pumpkin waste is that out of the 1.3 billion pumpkins that are produced in the US each year, about 1 billion of those get taken to the landfill each year. <a href="https://www.soilcyclemissoula.com/">Soil Cycle</a>, a Missoula-based composting nonprofit, is stepping in to redirect Halloween pumpkins to a local family farm as nutrient-rich animal feed. Soil Cycle with the help of <a href="https://littledumps.com/">Little Dumps</a> will deliver pumpkins to <a href="https://www.turnerfarms406.com/visiting-the-farm/">Turner Farms</a> this year - our goal this year is 7,000lbs of pumpkins!</div><div><br></div><div><b>Monday October 31st through November 5th</b>, pumpkin reharvest bins will be at: Soil Cycle, Caras Nursery, Rockin' Rudy's, Sussex Elementary School, and MUD. </div><div><br></div><div>This takes a big community effort, so donations are appreciated and can be made at <a href="http://soilcyclemissoula.com/" target="_blank">soilcyclemissoula.com</a>. When they aren't collecting pumpkins, Soil Cycle is a bicycle-powered food waste collection service. </div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Caitlyn Lewis, Soil Cycle Board President<div><a href="https://www.soilcyclemissoula.com/" target="_blank">https://www.soilcyclemissoula.com/</a></div></div></div></div>