NCGA last Friday participated in the VegU fruit and vegetable education program at the USDA Farmers Market in Washington, D.C. Chip Bowling and NCGA staff gave a presentation covering how to choose the best sweet corn and the difference between sweet corn and field corn.
NCGA also shared the other places consumers can see field corn in their diets, such as animal proteins and cornmeal products.
The VegU-cation program, initiated in 2016, teaches consumers how to pick, grow, and prepare produce that is in season across the United States and its territories. VegU has its own tent in the market and each week presentations for the week’s vegetable run from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. where the featured produce is highlighted during 10-minute cooking presentations.
During the presentation, NCGA gave sweet corn samples and recipe cards featuring corn-based meals to patrons at the market.
