Halloween may be behind us, but that doesn’t mean you have to throw away your jack-o’-lanterns. Washtenaw County is collaborating with local farms to give pumpkins a new purpose.
The Washtenaw County Water Resources Department and seven local farms are accepting pumpkins to help feed farm animals or to produce compost.
One of the farms newly joining the county’s pumpkin recycling program is Growing Hope in Ypsilanti. Executive Director Julius Buzzard says jack-o’-lanterns are considered food, and food waste trapped in landfills leads to the harmful production of methane gas…