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Bananas: The Newest Endangered Species?
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:10am
Lindsey Coblentz, Associate Editor, Food Manufacturing

If you love bananas, you may want to start eating them as much as possible, because bananas are on the verge of disappearing, at least that’s what an article in The New Yorker argued. The issue is that banana growers rely on only one variety, and that variety is currently being threatened by a fungus that could wipe out the entire fruit.

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