Nottingham Post published Thousands of Aldi pumpkins grown in Nottingham

Carved Jack-o'-lanterns will be flickering in homes of families celebrating Hallowe'en next Saturday. And if you have bought your pumpkin from Aldi, it will have come from a field in Notts. Until recently acres of farmland, just off the A60 at Redhill, were a sea of orange. Growers began preparing for pumpkin season at the end of May when 170,000 plants were put in the ground by growers at Hammond Produce. "The crop was harvested a couple of weeks ago and we will keep on harvesting...