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LilRaverBoi · 07-26-2009, 12:11 AM

Well, the American market for such a good is pretty tricky. I think that education is a GREAT idea! As well as advertisement. If you educate the public about the different flavors/uses of different strains, I think they could be very successful! Me personally, I'd absolutely LOVE to see 3+ various banana strains in the grocery store to choose from!!! Hell...we get like 10+ kinds of apples, 5-10 types of lettuce and 3+ types of pears....why not various bananas!? The monoculture thing kinda pisses me off to be honest! It's not a good strategy long-term (even corn, though monoculture per field is NOT by ANY means produced monoculturally). It's just putting all your eggs in one basket and praying for the best...and that just doesn't work. I mean, we've already seen massive issues with Gros Michel! Haven't we learned anything from past history?

Maybe banana marketing can start marketing to DIFFERENT tastes for once! I absolutely HATE Delicious apples...won't really eat em....but I really enjoy Fuji and Honey Crisp apples. Maybe there are people that HATE cavendish varieties, but would love to purchase something like manzano, red, orinoco, ice cream, goldfinger, etc varieties in their area. Why should we insult this market by not allowing them the opportunity to enjoy such fruit? I believe the smartest decision would be to do tests of the market, figure out what people want and in what amounts, then plant your fields accordingly!

Monoculuture is SOOOOOOOO last decade....let's move on, please.

07-26-2009, 12:11 AM	#25 (permalink)
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