"It turns out, by the way, that the world's supply of Cavendish bananas -- the ones we eat -- is endangered by disease and many experts believe the entire strain will vanish. Most other banana strains are much harder to cultivate and transport on a large scale, so enjoy your bananas while you can. The previous and supposedly tastier major strain of banana -- Gros Michel -- is already gone and had disappeared by the 1950s, again due to disease."
--Tyler Cowen at http://www.marginalrevolution.com/
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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When are we going to learn that Genetic diversity is a good thing... Fuck, I love Bananas...
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