001: Bananas

February 13, 2022 Reading time: 2

Episode Length 9:57

Bananas are the most heavily consumed fruit worldwide and especially in the US. While that may not surprise you, there are quite a few things that will. In this episode, we peel back the layers to reveal the secrets of the common supermarket banana.

Credits:

• The book A History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat
• Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington
• The Cargo Handbook website
• Popular Science and National Geographic magazines
• Numerous Wikipedia editors
• Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Memory" by Luca Fraula