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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06-02-2008, 05:55 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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Noooooooooo.
Bananas are fucking delicious, this is blasphemy!
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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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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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06-02-2008, 04:57 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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Do not despair, my banana-loving friends!
There's always....
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06-02-2008, 05:06 PM | #11 (permalink) | |
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06-02-2008, 06:39 PM | #12 (permalink) | |
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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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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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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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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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06-03-2008, 03:05 AM | #18 (permalink) |
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pfft. the bird flu of 2008.
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06-04-2008, 09:11 PM | #20 (permalink) | |
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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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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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06-05-2008, 03:16 PM | #24 (permalink) | |
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