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Old 06-02-2008, 03:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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No Bananas in the future??? (article)

But I love bananas and all foods that are made from bananas.


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View: Banana: R.I.P. // Source: The-scientist (http://www.the-scientist.com)
Abstract: "Panama disease - or Fusarium wilt of banana - is back, and the Cavendish does not appear to be safe from this new strain, which appeared two decades ago in Malaysia, spread slowly at first, but is now moving at a geometrically quicker pace. There is no cure, and nearly every banana scientist says that though Panama disease has yet to hit the banana crops of Latin America, which feed our hemisphere, the question is not if this will happen, but when."   click to show 
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:55 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I can only hope. I loathe the taste of, and am mildly allergic to, bananas.
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Old 06-02-2008, 05:55 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Noooooooooo.

Bananas are fucking delicious, this is blasphemy!
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Old 06-02-2008, 06:02 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 06-02-2008, 07:27 AM   #5 (permalink)
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First the bees, now the bananas?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n3919204.shtml

Wonder where the "food chain's" going to break a link next?
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Old 06-02-2008, 09:07 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Nooooooooooooo...bananas are one of my few safe foods.
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Old 06-02-2008, 11:22 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I remember reading that 4 or 5 years ago.

Snopes says its false.

Banana blight
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:26 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I am sure this blight is god getting pissed that his nightmare isn't having the desired effect on atheists... Maybe he's going to start again, this time with Mangoes!

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Old 06-02-2008, 04:33 PM   #9 (permalink)
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As I recall, there is a repository for seeds (colloquially known as the "doomsday vault"). It may be time to put some safe banana seeds in there and ride this one out.
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:57 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Do not despair, my banana-loving friends!

There's always....
  • the squat, squarish Burro, with its tangy lemon-banana flavor;
  • the Blue Java (or Ice Cream) banana, which has a blotchy, silver-blue skin and tastes of ice cream;
  • the short, chunky red banana and the dwarf or finger banana, both of which are sweeter than the Cavendish;
  • the strawberry-apple-flavored Manzano (which turns black when ready to eat);
  • the diminutive Mysore from India;
  • and the Orinoco with its trace of strawberry flavor.
And let's not forget the plantain.
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Old 06-02-2008, 05:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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[*]the strawberry-apple-flavored Manzano (which turns black when ready to eat);
I have one of these trees in my yard. Manzano is Spanish for apple, man was I confused when my gardener told me what kind of tree he was bringing me. And yes, they're great. Sadly my one little tree doesn't produce very much... yet.
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Old 06-02-2008, 06:39 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Do not despair, my banana-loving friends!

There's always....
  • the squat, squarish Burro, with its tangy lemon-banana flavor;
  • the Blue Java (or Ice Cream) banana, which has a blotchy, silver-blue skin and tastes of ice cream;
  • the short, chunky red banana and the dwarf or finger banana, both of which are sweeter than the Cavendish;
  • the strawberry-apple-flavored Manzano (which turns black when ready to eat);
  • the diminutive Mysore from India;
  • and the Orinoco with its trace of strawberry flavor.
And let's not forget the plantain.
Those all sound yummy.
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Old 06-02-2008, 06:54 PM   #13 (permalink)
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the problem is that most bananas are too weak for easy shipping. The first time this happened, years back (I forget the type of banana that used to be eaten and sold in the US), they settled on the Cavendish as a replacement because, despite being considered a very inferior banana, it was the one that could stand up to the shipping easiest.

Here's a very interesting interview on NPR's Fresh Air, with the author of a recent book all about bananas: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=19097412
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Old 06-02-2008, 11:40 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I want to know Kirk Cameron's take on this...
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Old 06-02-2008, 11:50 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I would think, at this point, bananas would sell for more than 29 cents a pound if they were endangered.

Now, ask me about chesapeake crab and we'll talk moratorium.
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:10 AM   #16 (permalink)
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It seems to me that bananas are different now than they were just 10-15 years ago. They seemed smaller, softer, and tastier before, now all I ever see are these huge almost green bananas that just aren't that great..
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Old 06-03-2008, 02:58 AM   #17 (permalink)
 
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monocropping, comrades.
this is a function of monocropping.

export markets are dominated by i think 2 of the 65 or so varieties of banana.
smeth's right: these 2 are grown for trucks and ships.
industrial capitalism in agriculture is a mixed bag.
in bananaland, blight is one of the things you find at its bottom.
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Old 06-03-2008, 03:05 AM   #18 (permalink)
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pfft. the bird flu of 2008.
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Old 06-03-2008, 03:42 AM   #19 (permalink)
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monocropping, comrades.
this is a function of monocropping.
An excellent point. Whenever I think about bananas this way, I'm reminded about how we're privileged to even have them available in our market (Canada vs. the source). And so cheap? Like other things, we take this for granted. The 100-Mile Diet has been garnering a lot of attention here lately. The way oil's headed, and in addition to this blight, the price of bananas are likely set to skyrocket.
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Old 06-04-2008, 09:11 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Here's a very interesting interview on NPR's Fresh Air, with the author of a recent book all about bananas: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=19097412
Thanks for the link, SecretMethod - very informative and eye opening. I never knew bananas were so vunerable to Panama disease. I love me some bananas.
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Old 06-04-2008, 10:19 PM   #21 (permalink)
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i remember hearing about this 3 or 4 years ago. i shrugged it off as bullshit, and since i havnt heard anything about it untill now, i continued to believe that it was bullshit.

i have a potassium problem, i need those babys! looks like in the future it'll be supplements for me.

i never realized this untill now: i hate Bananas, but i love artificial banana flavor.
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Old 06-05-2008, 05:23 AM   #22 (permalink)
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i never realized this untill now: i hate Bananas, but i love artificial banana flavor.
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Old 06-05-2008, 01:30 PM   #23 (permalink)
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oh man, riddle. i hate those things. as a child people would always offer me some.
blickity blah!
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Old 06-05-2008, 03:16 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Noooooooooo.

Bananas are fucking delicious, this is blasphemy!
Seconded and thirded.
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