Last Call: How Many Gourds Were Crushed For Our Pumpkin Seeds?

Happy Decorative Gourd Season to you and yours! As you're carving your pumpkins, haven't you wondered about how large companies harvest pumpkin seeds? Okay, just me then.

Well I and the people behind BIGS brand pumpkin seeds—who made the video below—are here to show you that it is quite the process, and one that I admit I never thought much about until this pumpkin season.

Look at the giant pumpkin-pulverizing wheel! The truckloads of goopy seeds! Sacks of 1,200 pounds of pumpkin seeds! I only wish I could tour that roasting facility—I bet it smells amazing. Kind of a shame that they have to crush up all those pretty pumpkins in the process, though.