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title: Why You Should Always Buy Organic Zucchini
date: 2013-03-13T23:16:58Z
modified: 2013-03-13T23:16:58Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/why-you-should-always-buy-organic-zucchini/"
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categories:
  - Gardening
  - Living Naturally
  - Nutrition in the News
tags:
  - organic zucchini
  - yellow squash is a gmo
  - zucchini is a gmo
author: Elizabeth
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![](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/3-zucchini-300x227.jpg "zucchini")

Three different sizes of zucchini from my garden one summer.Because [most ](http://www.responsibletechnology.org/gmo-basics/gmos-in-food "institute for responsible technology anti GMO")conventionally-grown [zucchini and yellow squash are GMOs](http://elizabethyarnell.com/effortlesseating/2012/06/what-foods-have-been-genetically-modified-gmo/ "zucchini is a gmo"), genetically modified to be virus resistant.

It’s safest to only buy organic zucchini.