Bananageddon: A fruit in crisis

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Bananas are the most popular fruit in the world. They are exported from Central and South America, often traveling across oceans in shipping containers, and end their journey in our grocery stores. In the UK, the average person eats 12kg of bananas every year.

The current variety of banana most commonly sold in the US and Europe is called the Cavendish and it is coming under threat from several diseases. Some experts estimate that bananas as a commercial enterprise have only a decade of survival left. We are connected to this problem, through our consumption and love of bananas. To keep bananas in our fruit bowls, our packed lunches and on our grocery shelves, we as consumers must advocate for new ways of producing bananas.

The Bananageddon documentary, which we hope to be able to show a trailer for, has as its mission to give you, the consumer, an idea of what banana production could look like if we follow this path of a better future for bananas, biodiversity, and people. Join us for a fruitful discussion of how we can achieve a better banana future.

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