Pumpkin No Longer Just Pumpkin | Guyana News

Guyana News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 10, 2026 · 1m

Pumpkin’s gone from free-for-all harvest staple to pricey pound-by-pound luxury—just one sign of how food prices have spiraled even as production climbs. Migrants from Venezuela and Cuba add strain, but the real culprit? A bloated supply chain where middlemen inflate costs while farmers and shoppers pay the price. We’re celebrating bumper crops but ignoring whether anyone can actually afford to eat. It’s time to rethink the system: aim for abundance, cut the markup, and bring back the joy of homegrown meals—where pumpkin isn’t a status symbol, it’s just pumpkin. Listen in comfort:Get a…