How 3 Companies Took Over the World's Bananas
Every banana you've ever eaten is genetically identical. Every single one. And the empire behind that fact is bloodier than you think. Three corporations control nearly every banana on Earth — Chiquita, Dole, and Fresh Del Monte. Their predecessor, United Fruit Company, didn't just sell fruit. It overthrew governments, funded coups, and gave us the term "banana republic." The cheapest fruit on your supermarket shelf is also the most politically engineered product in modern history. In this episode, we trace how the banana became a weapon of empire — from the plantation wars of Central America, to the corporate cartel that runs the global supply chain today, to the spreading fungus that could wipe out the Cavendish banana within a decade. The gap between what growers earn and what you pay is not an accident. It's the designed architecture of power. And almost nobody sees it. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 What food story should we investigate next? Tell us in the comments. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #documentary #foodhistory #bananarepublic
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