HELENA — Torgerson's Equipment delivered a pumpkin to every first-grader in Helena Public Schools, giving them the opportunity to learn about agriculture.

“I love pumpkins,” Donna Bolware, a first-grade student, said.

What started as a donation of 7 pumpkins to first graders in Great Falls by Torgerson’s over twenty years ago has grown into 43,000 pumpkins for first graders, and for the first time, pumpkins are finding their homes with Helena first graders.

Sylvie Gallagher is one of those students and said, “I learned today about pumpkins is they can break easily, they turn orange, and some even have little freckles.”

The pumpkins are grown in Hutterite colonies outside of Great Falls. The goal is to show the kids where their food actually comes from.

“You would be surprised by how m

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