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Arlington Couple's 'Green' Microwave Popcorn Featured on WBUR

Kristy and Coulter Lewis' Quinn Popcorn was highlighted by the Boston radio station last week.

WBUR recently spotlighted an Arlington couple for their growing, “green” microwave popcorn company, Quinn Popcorn.

Kristy and Coulter Lewis’ Quinn Popcorn bags are made of “recycled, compostable paper,” and their popcorn is “non-genetically modified popcorn kernels with no pre-added flavoring, oils or salt,” according to Boston’s NPR news station. The popcorn does come with “pure canola oil” and “farm-fresh flavorings” to add after the popping, the article states.

The article’s pun-filled beginning:

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Does the microwave popcorn world — a world of artificial flavorings and chemical-laden packages — seem a bit burnt out to you? Arlington couple Kristy and Coulter Lewis, owners of rapidly growing start-up Quinn Popcorn, would say there’s a kernel of truth in that.

Read more, “Quinn: Shaking Up The World Of Microwave Popcorn”

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