Pumpkins are rich in various essential nutrients and relatively easy to grow. This hardy, drought-tolerant crop is underrated. Pumpkins offer great promise as farmers battle with water scarcity, salinity, and increasingly harsh climates, local communities struggle with economic insecurity, and the world’ population is increasingly undernourished. And there are lots of different ways to use them, not just for pumpkin pie.
www.bbc.com/future/article/20231026-are-halloween-pumpkins-a-future-superfood