My family ate corn at other times of the year but it came from the freezer or a can. In August, we got to eat corn in its perfect form – freshly picked, boiled and eaten right off the cob.

Foodland Ontario says sweet corn is a good source of folate and contains fibre, vitamin C, niacin (or vitamin B3, which helps the body use fats and proteins) and thiamine (or vitamin B1, which is ...