Now That’s Rural: Popcorn is an art at Schlaegel’s

Ron Wilson
Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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Popcorn popping corn cobs — Some of Schlaegel's ears of popcorn, along with a package of their 32-ounce unpopped yellow popcorn.
Submitted photo

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Ron Wilson is director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.