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title: Popcorn is Never a GMO
date: 2012-06-29T18:14:33Z
modified: 2012-06-29T18:14:33Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/popcorn-is-never-a-gmo/"
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status: publish
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wpid: 2276
categories:
  - Living Naturally
  - Nutrition in the News
tags:
  - GMO corn stats
  - GMO popcorn
  - Institute for responsible technology
  - is popcorn GMO
  - non GMO project
  - Seeds of doubt conference
author: Elizabeth
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At the [_Seeds of Doubt_](http://www.seedsofdoubtconference.com "seeds of doubt conference denver boulder") conference recently, Jeffery Smith, e![popcorn](http://www.simplyrecipes.com/photos/popcorn.jpg "popcorn")

xecutive director of the [Institute for Responsible Technology](http://responsibletechnology.org/ "institute for responsible technology") and GMO expert, assured us that even though almost 90% of the corn grown and eaten in this country is GMO corn, _popcorn_ comes from a different seed and has not been genetically modified.

So, while you should assume that your Doritos brand corn chips and those sweet corn cobs on sale at the grocery store are Genetically Modified even though they are not labeled as such, you’ll never have to worry about your popcorn being GMO. Makes you feel a little bit better about ordering that large tub at the movie theater!