Food

Meet the 7-year-old boy who is South Dakota's corn-bassador

6:37am September 08, 2022

Nicknamed the "Corn Kid," Tariq, who lives in New York, has been declared South Dakota's Official Corn-bassador after his passion for the vegetable went viral on TikTok and YouTube.

Tariq and his family traveled from New York to South Dakota's corn palace for a ceremony honoring his new position as the state's official corn-bassador.

Politics & Government

Meet South Dakota's new corn-bassador, a boy who recently found out that corn is real

5:01am September 08, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Tariq has loved corn ever since he found out it was real. The 7-year-old has been declared South Dakota's Official Corn-bassador after his passion for the vegetable went viral on TikTok and YouTube.