Did you know these are the 14 official state symbols in Illinois?

It’s official. Sweet corn is now the designated state vegetable after Gov. Bruce Rauner signed off on legislation that received–wait for it–unanimous support in the Legislature.

Like many wise school children before them, fourth-grade students from Chatham Elementary School wondered why sweet corn wasn’t the official state vegetable and inspired the legislation, which makes sense since we’re up to our ears in corn here in Illinois (pun intended).

In 2014, Illinois produced a record 2.35 billion bushels of corn and ranked No. 2 in the U.S. for corn production behind Iowa, which yielded 2.37 billion bushels, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s estimates. While that total includes both field and sweet corn, there’s no denying the Land of Lincoln’s dominance in the nation’s corn game.

Now that sweet corn finally has received the recognition it deserves, it joins this list of the other 13 official state symbols.

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