Bananas became cheap through land control, low wages, and economies of scale. One particular variety dominates, increasing disease risk and requiring the use of pesticides. Paying a bit more for ...

NORMA, N.D. — On a hot summer evening in 1914, while Anton Nelson arranged bananas in rural Norma, North Dakota’s only grocery store, he felt a tickling sensation crawl across his neck. Thinking the ...

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