Cook's Illustrated

THE BANANA INDUSTRY: RIPE FOR CHANGE

We take bananas for granted, but we should know better. America’s favorite fruit was almost destroyed by disease once before, and scientists think it’s in peril again. The fruit industry disagrees.

The banana that the United States first fell

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