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September 3, 2009 by Jordan Namerow

Global Hunger and Your Bananas

It’s 9am and you’ve just had your breakfast. A banana. A bowl of cereal. A cup of coffee. No matter what you’ve eaten, your breakfast has just endured a long journey from its source to you. Consider for a moment where your breakfast came from. Trace it back to its origin—from a shelf in a …