Popcorn might have remained a minor crop in Indiana, on the order of mint or sorghum, if not for plant breeders at Purdue University and one popcorn-obsessed minister by the name of Ira Weaver and ...

But it took a Purdue-trained farmer, educator and agriculturalist with a penchant for putting more pop in popcorn to lift it to star snack status. In the end, he would sell his name to do it.

Chicagoland Popcorn was long overdue for expansion, which has been planned for seven years, Walker said. "I'm a Purdue alumnus and was at that horrible game where Notre Dame beat Purdue 66-7," he ...

The farmer of tomorrow is more likely to push a pencil than pull a plow, says Purdue University agricultural economist ... black beans, gourmet popcorn, ginseng – almost anything that he and his ...

Redenbacher died in 1995. The city of Brazil still celebrates Redenbacher’s life and accomplishments with its annual Popcorn Festival. Purdue graduate Ruth Siems took a simple recipe and fed America.