Unpeeling the Banana Trade . Read here Latest campaign sheet on bananas. The banana is the world s most popular fruit, worth more than 5bn each year. The banana has been the most popular fruit in the UK since 1998 when it overtook the apple. Annual UK sales are now a record 750m.
Bananas are cheap partly because of the conditions under which they are grown.
The over-use of agricultural chemicals damages the environment and the health of the people exposed to them. Juan handled toxic chemicals and his wife, Maria, gave birth to a baby whose head was four times bigger than his body. I couldn t even hold him because it seemed to make things worse. It s the worst thing that can happen to anyone. There are no words that can tell what life is like.