Kooky fruitmobile, from Funstasticus. This is the craziest fruit truck ever. Where was the image shot? Hard to say. Judging from the apparent ethnicity of the driver and the guy watching, it could be Latin America, or it could be...…
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Online Course in Banana Quarantine Techniques
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Dan Koeppel’s Banana Blog
http://blog.XangoBerry.com/rss/dan-koeppels-banana-blog/I would guess it was set up to promote it, but even if you haven't read the book (like me, except for the beginning, thanks to the wonder of the sample chapter) it's still entertaining as a general purpose banana blog. The site also features a rather inexplicable banana themed picture. Dan also scores points for dropping me a nice note when I added him as a friend on FaceBook, and I'm a sucker for authors who actually write back. (Granted I only wrote him a sentence or two, and he wrote about the same back).
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Health, Food and Human History: The All-American Banana?
http://mindfulindividual.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/health-foo...und any specific information as yet. Fair Trade fruit is available now, though can be difficult to find and I have not seen any form of labelling system to indicate that the fruit is in fact Fair Trade. Below are some resources about the Banana and Fair Trade Fruit:Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the WorldYes, We Will Have No Bananas The Banana Banana.com Fair Trade Banana Cooperative Fair Trade: Fresh Fruit Program
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The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.
http://ethicurean.comover 1,000 banana varieties grow around the world, the Cavendish is the only one that is commercially viable for shipment to non-tropical markets, says Koeppel. Millions in the tropics rely on the banana as a staple food — the average Ugandan eats 500 pounds per year — so the spread of the Panama disease is a serious issue. If it hits a region, like Uganda, that depends on bananas, a humanitarian catastrophe could ensue. The history of the banana is fascinating, involving technological innovation (it
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Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog
http://engineering.curiouscatblog.netwhat GMO is - they bluntly prevent out legitimate public research that might stop hunger. Time learn that everything has nuance, the disease that are killing the bananas: they work in just two modes: off - and on. The photos is from a fun post: Baboon Prefers Bananas over Kittens. Thank Goodness. Related: Plumpynut a Food Savior - The Avocado - posts on food - Wheat Rust Research - Arctic Seed Vault
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Practically Moral
http://practicallymoral.blogspot.comSo I've been eating bananas now, which is all very New to Me. But now their price is going to go up! Hmph! If curious, read the NYT article on the history of banana-eating. -) (Or see an excerpt below.) On the side... I found a funny blog all about bananas. They report a story about some high school seniors who called in sick to school, and then showed up (in costume) as a bunch of bananas being chased through the hall by a gorilla. And they got suspended for a week! What's with that! Harmless and
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Salt Spring News :: Daily News Of and For Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
http://saltspringnews.comtheir death is a precursor of what's to come if we continue to accept corporate farming. But first, back to the impending loss of bananas. Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel. Hudson Street Press, December 2007 In a review published in the Globe and Mail May 22, 2008, Carol Off writes: ... There are numerous books exposing the callous American corporations that - with the overt and covert backing of successive U.S. administrations - employed death squads and mercenary
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Gelatobaby
http://www.gelatobaby.coms seen over 7,000 species). Dan needed something to help him escape his own head, so he started hiking and cataloging a route that started outside his front door. When Dan and I took our walk, he was working on Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World (which came out last year) and peppered our hike with at least 50 fascinating banana anecdotes. I got the feeling Dan might need more than a simple stairway hike to download after he finished that book.
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http://rowdykittens.com. I have not read the book yet, but Koeppel was on NPR’s Fresh Air this morning and talked about the “expansive history and the endangered future,” of the fruit. Click here to listen to the interview. Koeppel also has an interesting blog.