Popcorn has been around since early humans tossed kernels in fires more than 5,000 years ago and discovered a tasty treat. We know that the Aztecs used popcorn in ceremonies. Peruvian Indians made ...

The Omaha-based packaged foods company said it will spend $9 million on an expansion of the 122,000-square-foot plant, where its Orville Redenbacher's popcorn brand is processed. Up to 80 jobs ...

Happy National Popcorn Day! While you’re no doubt celebrating with a bowl of freshly popped, liberally buttered popcorn, here’s something else to digest: Orville Redenbacher originally called ...

VALPARAISO | The man who rose to become top of the poppers, Orville ... whom Redenbacher called "a truly fine professional plant breeder," as they spent all their spare time hybridizing popcorn ...

Gary Redenbacher, who once shared duties with his famous grandpa Orville Redenbacher as the commercial pitchmen for the line of popcorn that ... square-foot Rensselaer plant, with as many as ...

now focus on the Orville Redenbacher brand popcorn farmers of Indiana, specifically Richard Overmyer, of Francesville, whose popcorn fields span throughout Pulaski County. “I’m proud to be a ...

He did research on popcorn breeding (strange term, isn’t it? But then I’ve never watched the little plants that closely ... and changed the name to “Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping ...

I wrote a column earlier this month about Orville Redenbacher and this year’s 40th Anniversary for the Valparaiso Popcorn Festival ... s creative legacy in new fields. “You’d be surprised ...

The nation's four biggest makers of microwave popcorn have removed a flavoring chemical that has been linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers ... sell Orville Redenbacher, Act II ...