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Fall means the return of pumpkin-flavored everything and that’s a good thing for pumpkin farmers.
Starbucks introduced the Pumpkin Spice Latte about a decade ago and since then, pumpkin sales have skyrocketed and demand for pumpkin-flavored items keeps going up.
In the last five years alone, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says pumpkin sales have risen 34 percent.
Sales for pumpkin-flavored foods and beverages increased 14 percent just last year.
You can now get just about anything pumpkin-flavored from beer to beef jerky.
