It’s not really summer until you bite into a warm, juicy ear of corn on the cob, fresh from the farmers market or a roadside stand. But while everyone’s used to seeing yellow and white kernels when ...

The Associated Press Farmer Juan Vargas shows samples of his heirloom corn grown on his farm in Ixtenco, Mexico, on June 15. For years, Vargas worried that these heirloom varieties — running from deep ...

Glass Gem corn, a unique variety of rainbow-colored corn, became an Internet sensation in 2012 when a photo of the sparkling cob was posted to Facebook. Shortly after, the company that sells the rare ...

Several ripe and colorful corn cobs lie next to each other against a gray background. The corn cobs have different colors. Explore the history of ‘Carl’s Glass Gems’ a variety of Native American ...

For most of us, corn is, well, corn. We grab a bag of frozen kernels, pick up an ear at the farmer's market, or enjoy a bowl of grits without much thought to the subtle nuances between varieties. But ...

Oklahoma farmer Carl Barnes, who died in 2016, isolated types of corn from his Native American ancestors. Barnes saved and replanted seeds from particularly colorful cobs. A fellow farmer started ...