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By Nancy Price, Multimedia Journalist
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May 24, 2022

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May 26 Update: Memorial Day will mark the start of sweet corn sales at Fresno State’s Rue and Gwen Gibson Farm Market, the university announced Thursday afternoon.

The store will open at 8 a.m., and if past years are a predictor, there will be a line already waiting at the door to buy three years for $2. For those who want grab-and-go corn, the farm market will be selling bags of 10 ears for $8.50 at two mobile purchase stations on the north side of the store, while supplies last.

The farm market is on Chestnut Avenue on the east side of campus.

Both white and yellow corn will be sold on Monday. Availability of either can vary depending on weather conditions. The university farm contains 60 acres of cornfields that are planted and harvested in stages so that corn is on hand throughout the summer.

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If oddsmakers are taking bets on when Fresno State’s vaunted sweet corn sales will start up at the Rue and Gwen Gibson Farm Market, the best odds are probably for Monday, Memorial Day, based on an exhaustive GV Wire review.

But as of Tuesday, the university and farm market were mum on when the cobs of golden deliciousness will be drawing big crowds to the Chestnut Avenue store on the east side of campus.

The only signal was a cryptic message last week on social media that said “Do Not Fear! Corn Is Near!” and provided a two-week range for the start of corn sales. Plus, the price: 3 ears for $2.

Over the past decade the First Day of Corn, which has drawn long lines of corn lovers from across the Valley, bluer parts of California, and even from out of state, has been tied more closely to the Memorial Day weekend, although in 2017-19 the corn sale start ranged from June 2 to June 8.

In 2012, the start of corn sales was delayed to June 9 after a car crash damaged the old farm market.

Before, On, or After Memorial Day

The earliest start was the following year when the corn cavalcade began on May 24, the Friday before Memorial Day. By then the market had moved to its current location on Chestnut. Corn sold for 3 ears for 99 cents, about half of this year’s price.

In 2020 — when we were still in the early months of the pandemic — corn sales began on May 25, which was Memorial Day. (We were probably all in need of some corn solace by then.) The farm market began selling bagged corn, 10 ears for $7, to drive-up customers. Corn was still sold inside the market, but customers were limited to one per bin at any time to maintain social distancing.

In 2016, the start date was May 27, the Friday before Memorial Day; in 2015 it was May 29, four days after Memorial Day; in 2014, it was May 30, also four days after Memorial Day; and last year corn sales opened on May 31 (Memorial Day).

Will higher gas prices this year deter some of those out-of-town and out-of-state corn buyers from descending like locusts this year (thereby leaving more corn for the rest of us)? It remains to be seen.

The Fresno State cornfield (GV Wire/Jahz Tello)

 

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Nancy Price,
Multimedia Journalist
Nancy Price is a multimedia journalist for GV Wire. A longtime reporter and editor who has worked for newspapers in California, Florida, Alaska, Illinois and Kansas, Nancy joined GV Wire in July 2019. She previously worked as an assistant metro editor for 13 years at The Fresno Bee. Nancy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Her hobbies include singing with the Fresno Master Chorale and volunteering with Fresno Filmworks. You can reach Nancy at 559-492-4087 or Send an Email

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