What's the big deal about Grand farms for this event? I see no benefit as far as gathering pumpkins. I had 4 grands and 2 minis. I just sold them all and bought 6 biggies. The minis weren't doing enough for me with bananas. I can't play EVERY hour; and pears? PEARS?!! Are you kidding me? Who wants to tap on farms every 3 minutes? And for how long can you possibly keep that up? I was enjoying the fast bulk of Cherries and Nuts, but I figured I could fit 6 biggies in less space than the 4 grands were occupying. If I kept the 4 grands, I wouldn't have space to upgrade the minis.
I'll be getting less food harvested with this decision, but at least I won't have 2 farms sitting idle with a ready harvest for hours at a time while the other 4 are working. Less food, but more pumpkins. I can go back to the Grands and their premium harvests when this event is over.