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June 25, 2025
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June 25, 2025
All We Could Possibly Want To Know About Bananas

Through six banana facts, we can learn all we might want to know about the most popular fresh fruit in the U.S.

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January 26, 2025
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January 26, 2025
Banana Worries

Global banana consumption could change if a fungus continues to devastate the plantations that grow the Cavendish.

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October 3, 2024
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October 3, 2024
The Port Strike and the Banana

To understand the Gulf and East Coast port strike impact, we can look at the links of the banana supply chain.

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August 16, 2021
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August 16, 2021
The Travels of a Banana

Looking at the past, present, and future, we would see that a banana's travels could once again change because of a fungus.

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May 7, 2021
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May 7, 2021
Learn With Elaine: Banana Problems

Echoing what happened during the 1950s, banana problems with a spreading fungus mean we will again need a new kind of banana.

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April 25, 2021
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April 25, 2021
An Alarming Banana Story

Threatened by a rapidly spreading fungus, our banana supply will have to change or it will massively shrink.

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August 31, 2020
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August 31, 2020
Why We Should Worry About Our Bananas

Because our banana supply could be obliterated, we will have to adjust to a replacement that might taste somewhat different.

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August 30, 2019
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August 30, 2019
Why We Should Worry About Our (Top) Banana

With the arrival of a banana fungus in the Americas, we should start to worry about the survival of one of our most popular fruits.

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