Sunday, June 22, 2008

Yes, We Have No Bananas?


Image from Chiquita.com

I found a link to this story at AmericaBlog, and it's kind of a sad story. The least of the problem is that bananas are going up in price. Shoot, everything is going up in price. No, the sad part is that one day soon there may be no bananas. Seriously. Or at least not the variety that we eat today. I for one am a big fan of them. Oranges go bad in my fridge because I'm too lazy to peel them. Bananas have an easy-open package!

Of course, if Bill Maher is right, and all the bees are dying out, the point will be moot. There won't be any people left to eat the bananas. Glass half full?

[Excerpt]

Yes, We Will Have No Bananas

ONCE you become accustomed to gas at $4 a gallon, brace yourself for the next shocking retail threshold: bananas reaching $1 a pound. At that price, Americans may stop thinking of bananas as a cheap staple, and then a strategy that has served the big banana companies for more than a century — enabling them to turn an exotic, tropical fruit into an everyday favorite — will begin to unravel. . .

Read more at: New York Times

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