Summer seems to be over in the WC. The peaches are gone from the market and the mornings and evenings are turning cool. I actually didn't mind having a suit jacket on as we walked over to a meeting at the Ministry this morning.
Of course, cool weather means bananas, nobody's favorite fruit, but one of the few things that everyone in the family will eat. As I was finishing the second banana of the season this morning, I noticed that it was from Ecuador, harborer of Julian Assange. I didn't think that I had ever seen a banana (or possibly anything) from the mysterious country with the latitudinal name. When I tried to envision those blue Chiquita stickers in my mind, all I could see was "Costa Rica."
Turns out that Chiquita (a North Carolina company btw), does do a lot of growing and processing in Costa Rica, but, via the ever invaluable Wikipedia, although India is the biggest producing state (30 million tonnes or 20% of world production), Ecuador is the biggest exporter, accounting for 30% of total exports, almost three times its nearest competitor.
Turns out that over 40% of the country's bananas go to the EU, compared to only 20% in the U.S. I'll conduct a Facebook poll and see what everybody is eating.
Of course, cool weather means bananas, nobody's favorite fruit, but one of the few things that everyone in the family will eat. As I was finishing the second banana of the season this morning, I noticed that it was from Ecuador, harborer of Julian Assange. I didn't think that I had ever seen a banana (or possibly anything) from the mysterious country with the latitudinal name. When I tried to envision those blue Chiquita stickers in my mind, all I could see was "Costa Rica."
Turns out that Chiquita (a North Carolina company btw), does do a lot of growing and processing in Costa Rica, but, via the ever invaluable Wikipedia, although India is the biggest producing state (30 million tonnes or 20% of world production), Ecuador is the biggest exporter, accounting for 30% of total exports, almost three times its nearest competitor.
Turns out that over 40% of the country's bananas go to the EU, compared to only 20% in the U.S. I'll conduct a Facebook poll and see what everybody is eating.
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