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Philadelphia Students Launch Pumpkins Into Farm Field To Promote Composting
"The challenge was creating a pumpkin launcher to be able to launch pumpkins for composting," Farm Administrator Dr. Mandy Manna said.
November 15, 2024
"If you look at this holiday season, there's about 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins that actually end up in landfills," Fox Chase Farm Administrator Dr. Mandy Manna said.
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Students from the School District of Philadelphia undertook a challenge to help cut into that waste. The goal was to encourage others to not toss their discarded pumpkins and instead recycle them – while having some fun in the process.
Manna worked with engineering students from the Science Leadership Academy at Beeber.
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