(Radio Iowa) - Teenagers with hand-lettered signs and pickup trucks packed with stacks of sweet corn are being seen on street corners in many Iowa cities as we're smack dab in the middle of prime time for that delicious veggie.
Aaron Steil, a consumer horticulture specialist at Iowa State University, says if you haven't spotted a local grower yet and decide to head to the supermarket for sweet corn instead, you -may- be still getting local ears, or they may be from Florida.
Steil suggest you ask the produce folks where the corn came from, though he says even some varieties from out-of-state keep very well for longer than a week if they're refrigerated.