TommyMacLuckie

With the way things grow in New Orleans and the surrounding area there, specifically, from what I've seen it could be quite possible to get people interested in growing different bananas. Hell, even Grand Nains without all the spraying would probably taste better.

And barring another levee busting storm surge there is a lot of vacant land in New Orleans that could become banana farms or lots. But it would take some work. There's all this BS talk about 'green space' where no one is able to rebuild - I bet the mindset is to plant more crape myrtles - just what the SE needs. In Mandeville they're everywhere. I hate them. They are the most overused tree in the Southeast.

I would buy bananas if there were more to choose from and if they were closer to home for me. I do tend to get the organic bananas that show up every now and then. I think that is worth supporting. No matter - I'm working on doing it myself. I have gotten other people into growing their own, even though they're mostly Orinoco. But they do taste good when they get enough size to 'em.

If only I could get a Gros Michel! That would be so cool.

One thing I have noticed the past year is LESS Chiquita stock and more Dole. I see Chiquita at Wal Mart and various small grab'n'go stores but in the groceries it seems to all be Dole.