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Pumpkin Breaks Record at Half Moon Bay’s 50th Annual World Championship Weigh-Off

Pumpkin Breaks Record at Half Moon Bay’s 50th Annual World Championship Weigh-Off
Travis Gienger celebrates after setting the new world record for heaviest pumpkin at the Safeway 50th Annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Oct. 9, 2023. Helen Billings/The Epoch Times
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—The 50th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Oct. 9, 2023 recorded a new world record, weighing in a pumpkin at 2,749 pounds.
The event was started by Al Adreveno from Half Moon Bay, California. The idea for the pumpkin weigh-off originated at his kitchen table in 1974 when Half Moon Bay was claiming to be the pumpkin capital of the world.
Helen Billings
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Helen Billings is a Certified Western Herbalist, and has studied Holistic Nutrition and Homeopathy. She is a reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and she covers California news.
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