217 Today: Monday, Nov. 1, 2021
Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 https://will.illinois.edu/nfs/217_Today_11-01-2021.mp3 Today’s headlines: Illinois’ legislature is the only one in the country to ever back off a Parental Notice of Abortion law. The Centers for Disease Control is evaluating “test-to-stay” as a way to keep students in class, even if they come in contact with someone who tests positive. Pumpkin farmers […]
No pumpkin shortage this year, but climate change could squash Halloween harvests to come
MORTON — The great pumpkin shortage of 2021 is turning out to be as real as Linus’ Great Pumpkin. Neither ever showed. Instead, despite some national headlines about a pumpkin shortage this year, Midwestern farmers say there’s nothing to worry about. “God granted us quite a bounty this year,” says John Ackerman, who grows pumpkins […]
