It's my second summer in Iowa and nothing is more hotly anticipated than corn season. Walk through any grocery store or farmers market in peak summer, and you'll see husk-wrapped corn piled high in ...

The waxed gray cardboard box, about 2.5 feet long, 18 inches wide and a foot deep, was delivered to our “Organic Gardening” magazine office one day in July, 1976 — the United States Bicentennial. I ...

Sweet corn harvested fresh from the home garden and cooked soon afterward is one of life’s great treats. If you have never had that experience, now is the time to plant sweet corn in the garden. Sweet ...

Since moving to Iowa more than three years ago, I've learned a few things about corn. I had no choice. With 12.2 million acres planted in the stuff, the state grows more corn than any other in the ...

Kilynn Starburd bags up a dozen ears of sweet corn Gaeddert Farms Sweet Corn stand near Central and Tyler. The familiar green and yellow canopies are common sights around Wichita and other Kansas ...

SALEM TWP. – The yellow umbrella provided shade from the midday sun – and a decades-old signal for drivers on the Hamlin Highway. Lawrence Swingle woke up around 6 a.m. Friday to pick corn from his 5 ...