3rd Grade Visits Gene the Pumpkin Man

The entire third grade took a field trip to see Gene the Pumpkin Man this week! Gene is a local farming legend, having been in business for 51 years. He was also recently recognized with an award from the Farm Bureau. His pumpkin farm has been in his family since the late 1880's when his grandfather started it.

We learned many things from Gene. Did you know there are the same number of seeds in a small pumpkin as there are in a large one? Pumpkins don't grow as well when there is too much rain. We were learning about scarcity and surplus as Gene explained that some years he grows more pumpkins than others. Scarcity can affect the prices people pay at the store.

Here is a video of our trip to Gene the Pumpkin man. Thanks again, Gene!