While much of the corn grown in the United States is genetically modified, there are non-GMO varieties available.
While not all corn is GMO, even the varieties that have not undergone genetic engineering were created through selective breeding for specific traits. Just as livestock producers have always aimed to grow bigger, stronger and healthier cattle, sheep and goats, the world’s corn farmers have been trying to raise the best corn possible for thousands of years. Genetic engineering is a modern scientific tool to speed up a process that has been achieved naturally for generations through selective breeding of corn varieties.