Sweet Corn
Consumers Looking Closer to Home for Fresh Produce
The cucumbers, squash, sweet corn and eggplants are ripe and ready at places like Calabrese Farms in Feeding Hills. The Republican more »
Farmer Plows Ahead in Changing Landscape
Robert T. Lange stands out in Willistown Township, whether as a farmer whose 6-foot-6 frame almost rises above his corn crop, a plain-talking politician or, on this Friday morning, a philosophizing florist. WayneSuburban.com more »
An Especially Sweet Corn Crop This Year, Albeit Higher Priced
You'll pay more for Michigan sweet corn this summer - thanks to higher fuel costs. But you'll love what you get. freep.com more »
How to Keep Common Pests out of the Sweet Corn
The corn earworm is a widespread pest, which is also known as tomato fruitworm on tomato and cotton bollworm in cotton and tobacco. Rome News-Tribune more »
Sweet Corn Season Underway, Input Costs Increase
The signs "home grown sweet corn sold here" seem to be going up everywhere. WTAP.com more »
Fertilizer, Gas Prices Push Corn Costs Up
New Jersey's signature sweet corn is now in season. But don't be surprised if it costs about a dollar more this year for a dozen delicious ears. nj.com more »
Fuel Costs Take Toll on Farmers’ Bottom Lines
Ghiggeri Stonebarger Farms used to spend $100 to $200 to grow an acre of the Brentwood sweet corn sold throughout Bay Area supermarkets and prized by chefs at some of the Bay Area's top-rated eateries.... more »
’Buy Local’ is More Than Just a Marketing Gimmick
If you're older than 50, you probably remember when "buy local" might have been a slogan you used if you were involved in a boycott of bananas, oranges and iceberg lettuce. Not that many years... more »
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