Our Heritage · Est. 1982
Three generations of sweet corn excellence.
Forty summers of the same seed, the same soil, and the same row — grown at five thousand, three hundred and sixty feet, picked by hand, packed the morning of.
The Corn
You can taste
the altitude.
Olathe Sweet was developed for the Uncompahgre Valley — five thousand, three hundred and sixty feet above the sea, where the daytime sun hits the husk and the nights cool it back down before sunrise. That diurnal swing is what loads every kernel with sugar; nothing we do in the kitchen can replicate it, and nothing in a greenhouse can grow it.
The ear in the photograph was picked the morning it was shot. The silk on the right is still damp. We don’t airbrush the field because we don’t need to.
“The field decides the sweetness.
We just pick it on time.”
— Tuxedo Corn · Olathe, Colorado
The People Behind the Corn
The Harold family,
on the same row.
John Harold began selling Olathe’s sweet corn directly from pickups in the 1970s. The Olathe Sweet parent line was rescued from a retiring farmer who believed his valley could grow sugar in a husk. Three generations later, the name on the cooler is still the name on the deed.
1970s
John Harold
Founder
Started selling Olathe's sweet corn directly from pickups. Built Tuxedo Corn into a family operation rooted in the Uncompahgre Valley.
Present
David Harold
Second Generation
Leads sustainability across Harold farms — drip irrigation, Fair Food Program, reduced chemical inputs. Keeps the soil honest.
1990s–Present
John William Harold
Mexico Operations
Three decades in Guaymas, Sonora, growing sweet corn, onions, wheat, and vegetables. Extends the Harold tradition across borders.
Present
Joseph Harold
Third Generation
Works the corn shed in summer, handles photography and beverages. Carrying the family tradition into the next generation.
Three generations · One valley · Forty summers
The Farm
Visit the
Uncompahgre Valley.
The farm is open during harvest. Pickup windows are tight, shed hours are short, and the corn is best the morning it’s picked — call ahead before you drive out.
Address
59751 David Road, Olathe, CO 81425
Shipping
970-323-5631
Office
970-323-6874
Hours
Mon–Fri · 7A–6P
Sat–Sun · 8A–2P
“We don’t ship corn that’s more than a day from the field. The valley won’t let us.”
— Tuxedo Corn · Olathe, Colorado
This Week
Find a stop near you,
or have it shipped.
Preorder for pickup at a stop on the summer route, or have cooler boxes shipped directly to your door after the season.