AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists are leading an effort to improve efficiency and genetics in organic corn production, a fast-growing sector of the agricultural world since the beginning ...

Amid concerns over a genetically modified sweet corn that has been OK'd for planting in Maine this summer, a handful of farmers and stores are resisting the 'GM' tide with 'certified organic' ears.

AMES, Iowa – Organic agriculture practices eschew many synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, putting pressure on crops that conventional farming circumvents. That means an organic farmer who doesn’t ...

For July Fourth, I’m making a bean and corn salad using frozen, organic sweet corn just in case fresh corn is unavailable. Why organic? It is hard to believe that fresh, sweet corn can be GMO ...

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(For details on growing many other vegetables and fruits, visit our Crop at a Glance collection page.) Isn’t it time to make mouthwatering sweet corn one of your hit crops this summer? Growing sweet ...

Dear SOS: The Organic Panificio Cafe in Marina del Rey has a delicious sweet corn and parsnip soup. I ordered a bowl, and when my husband tasted it he ordered one for himself. Dear Carol: This recipe ...

A reader recently asked about a source for Native American flint corn. Not surprisingly, flint corn is hard to find. What we think of as "regular" corns today are super-sweet hybrids bred to carry ...

Oh, the classic grocery-store quandary: to go organic or not to go organic? Buying organic not only means that your food is free of pesticides and other chemicals, but it’s also better for the ...

In small plantings, you can open the end of an immature ear, remove the corn earworms with tweezers, and secure the husks back in place at the tip with a clothespin. This article is part of our ...

Turn Here—Sweet Corn Credit: Courtesy of Saltbox Theatre Collective Atina Diffley grew up on a farm, but dreamed of combining that rural world with a career as a jazz pianist—”a white Thelonious Monk ...