Humans Made the Banana Perfect—But Soon, It’ll Be Gone
Humans Made the Banana Perfect—But Soon, It’ll Be Gone
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
March 16, 201717m 22s
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Show Notes
On a plate, a single banana seems whimsical—yellow and sweet, contained in its own easy-to-open peel. It is a charming breakfast luxury as silly as it is delicious and ever-present. Yet when you eat a banana the flavor on your tongue has complex roots, equal parts sweetness and tragedy. In 1950, most bananas were exported from Central America. Guatemala in particular was a key piece of a vast empire of banana plantations run by the American-owned United Fruit Company.
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