While the Glass Gem Corn may look like a candy version of corn or a fake one, it in fact resides in the maize family. A special crop, it boasts more colors than a rainbow. Since it looks like candy and tastes like corn, the Glass Gem Corn will doubly whet people's appetites. It offers both a visual and tasty feast.
According to Neatorama, "Seeds Trust, a family seed company, got the seeds for glass gem corn from Greg Schoen who got his seeds from his 'corn-teacher,' Carl Barnes, an 80ish year old part-Cherokee man, in Oklahoma." Utterly unique, this corn will certainly make dinner time children's favorite meal of the day. They would eat all of their veggies if they were rainbow colored.
What's Driving This Trend
- Colorful Food
- Opportunity to develop and market other colorful food items to attract both visual appeal and taste.
- Heritage Agriculture
- Opportunity to embrace and promote traditional and indigenous crops that have unique and exceptional attributes for wider attention and consumption.
- Seed Innovation
- Opportunity to innovate plant genetics by exploring cross-cultivation of different indigenous species and incorporating new hybrids that may have combined characteristics suitable for changing markets.
Who This Affects Most
- Food and Beverage
- Producers of specialty foods and drinks can utilize this trend to develop and market their products.
- Agriculture
- Farmers and agronomists can explore the cultivation and cross-breeding of unique crops to introduce new agricultural varieties and products.
- Genetics and Biotechnology
- Seed companies and research organizations can partner with farmers to develop new hybrids and cultivars that offer unique traits and market advantages.
