BANANA

The reality behind the most popular staples

An episode from the series FOOD BUSINESS INVESTIGATIONS

Synopsis

Banana is the most consumed fruit in the world. Twenty million tons of a single variety, the Cavendish, are sold each year.

How is this fruit grown to meet the international market's transportation, ripening, and color requirements? Has intensive production made it vulnerable to a tiny, invisible, but devastating fungus to the point of extinction?

This film takes us from France to the West Indies to meet the scientists, producers, harvesters, and carriers moving heaven and earth to find the future banana.