The weekly posts highlight individuals or companies in rural Kansas who are making a difference to their community and state.The Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development is a public / private partnership between Kansas State University and the Huck Boyd Foundation. The mission of the institute is to help rural people help themselves. Learn more at www.huckboydinstitute.org.

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