how to make sure your sweet corn is gmo free.

Want to make sure your corn is gmo free? Just see if it is white.  Here is the simple science behind it.

Corn is a very promiscuous plant. It can freely cross with corn plants up to a half mile away which are tasseling at the same time. If there is gmo field corn with in a half mile you can assume it is crossing with the sweet corn. However gmo field corn is yellow, and yellow is dominate to white so any crosses turn yellow.

Eating white sweetcorn? Then your eating corn that is clean from gmo contamination. Eating yellow sweet corn and your never quit sure.

Thankfully there is still some very good Heirloom white sweet corns. Stowell's Evergreen, Country Gentleman, (often called shoe peg corn, because the kernels are not in rows; a trait it shares with a few other varieties) and Black Iroquois, (a.k.a.  Black Puckers, Black Mexican, or Black Aztec. The later names are believed to have been given by seed companies to make it sound exotic)

Why we are here.

Many people agree that there is a need for research and preservation of heirloom varieties and new "heirlooms" that will produce abundantly in adverse conditions on small spaces.

 This agreement spans many different groups from secular individuals who feel we are facing global climate change, and increasingly limited resources; to local food enthusiast who seek to provide the freshest food and increase Americas food security by not relying on our potentially fragile long distance transportation system. This agreement is even shared by people of faith who foresee a horrible politcal and climatology time ahead; featuring a global opresive government (along the lines of ISIS, North Korea, or Nazi Germany)  who will ban food purchase by anyone not subscribing to their ideology combind with famine and oppresive heat from the sun.

The Bible state that people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Hosea 4:6 KJV We here at Riverton Research Station / Fruitful Farms seek to provide knowledge on sustainable, local food production production. Included here will be information on yeild per plant, new methods for sustainable farming so people can feed themselves and others more nutritiously on less land. This information is useful to urban gardeners, homesteaders, or relief workers overseas.

Goals we are working on include beans that produce 200 to 250 fold yield.

Best tomato to raise for flavor and production.

Plants that purify water and make multi-vitamine tablets. (Hint: involves watermelon research)

Alternative space saving systems to traditional row sytems.

So follow along with us as we explore both historical and modern sustainable methods to solve world hunger, conserve ancient varieties, provide seeds, and info to help you choose the best varieties and growing methods.

Jacob Cattle Beans

Bush bean

90 + days to maturity

Green bean capability:
Jacob Cattle beans develop strings and tough pods early. If used as string beans must be picked very imature, with a very short window of picking time.

Productivity:
Jacob cattle beans produce 8 to 10 pods per plant, normally containing 5 seeds per plant.

yield can be around 18 to 35 fold when dealing with drought or othr issues. Genetic potential probably lies around 50 fold in perfect conditions.