bananas
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Australia’s First Genetically Modified Fruit Approved To Commercially Grow Down Under
These genetically modified Cavendish bananas are altered to thwart Panama Disease, which is crippling the international banana trade.
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I Definitely Didn’t Need a Program to Make a Sandwich, But I Did It Anyways
This morning began as any other Thursday morning would have. I was hungry, in need of coffee, and in Slack, sifting through the garbage fire news cycle for a morning blog. Like magic, a coworker shared a link to a blog titled “Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches.”
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Pre-Peeled, Re-Wrapped Bananas Are The Most Wasteful Sign Of The Apocalypse Yet
In what has to be the worst case of wasteful packaging in the history of modern conveniece, a grocery store in Austria is actually selling pre-peeled bananas that have then been re-packaged in cellophane-covered foam trays.
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A Fungus Is Destroying All Of Our Bananas
Tropical Race Four, a soil-born fungus, has been destroying bananas across the world. It kills the plant and makes bananas smell like garbage. That deadly fungus is expected to hit Central America, which is where we get all our bananas from.