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 ...

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 ...

When Happy Dirt was founded in 2004, growing organic sweet corn was not a viable option for farmers. In general sweet corn is relatively easy to grow; however, in order to successfully grow organic ...

For nearly 15 years, Frank Kutka has been working to save prevent genetically modified (GMO) corn from cross-pollinating with organic and other corn varieties. Kutka, a plant breeder, has been ...

Sweet corn is a high input, high value vegetable crop popular across Canada. In the Maritimes, sweet corn is commonly sold for $6 per dozen, and organic sweet corn is in high demand and may fetch as ...

The United States is importing more organic corn and soybeans than it’s producing, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Expand your ...

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 ...

LIBERTY, Ky. - The white van bumped down a dirt track into a scene from 100 years ago. Cultivated by horse-drawn plow, the corn harvest stood 8 feet tall in the field, hand tied into shocks dotting ...

Hippies and anti-GMO zealots grow organic crops. Right? Wrong. Timothy Gertson kicks up dirt off Texas’ Gulf Coast, southwest of Houston in Wharton County. He’s a young 31, but Gertson is an ...