The Terrifying Truth About Bananas

In Banana: The fate of the fruit that changed the world, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought.

Yes, we might eventuallyhave no bananas.

Is it really true? Why are bananas, as we know them, now under the threat of extinction? Can the fate of the Cavendish banana be changed?

First, the good:

Bananas are healthy, packed with nutrition and energy, they fit in your hand and give nice little cues when they’re perfectly ripe, and are easy to peel and eat; s...