{"product_id":"fair-bananas-farmers-workers-and-consumers-strive-to-change-an-industry-9780816528363","title":"Fair Bananas!: Farmers, Workers, and Consumers Strive to Change an Industry","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Henry J. Frundt\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Policy - Economic Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBananas are the most-consumed fruit in the world. In the United States alone, the public eats about twenty-eight pounds of bananas per person every year. The total value of the international banana trade is nearly five billion dollars annually, with 80 percent of all exported bananas originating in Latin America. There are as many as ten million people involved in growing, packing, and shipping bananas, but American consumers have only recently begun to think about them and about their working conditions. Although European nations have helped create a \"fair trade\" system for bananas grown in Mediterranean and Caribbean regions, the United States as a country has not developed a similar system for bananas grown in Latin America, where large corporations have dominated trade for more than a century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFair Bananas!\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the first books to examine the issue of \"fair-trade bananas.\" Specifically, Henry Frundt analyzes whether a farmer-worker-consumer alliance can collaborate to promote a fair-trade label for bananas--much like those for fair-trade coffee and chocolate--that will appeal to North American shoppers. Researching the issue for more than ten years, Henry Frundt has elicited surprising and nuanced insights from banana workers, Latin American labor officials, company representatives, and fair-trade advocates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Frundt writes with admirable clarity throughout the book, which he has designed for college students who are being introduced to the subject of international trade and for consumers who are interested in issues of development. Frankly, though, \u003ci\u003eFair Bananas!\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about bananas, including where they come from and how they get from there to here.","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47610311999639,"sku":"9780816528363","price":3183.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780816528363.webp?v=1775064102","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fair-bananas-farmers-workers-and-consumers-strive-to-change-an-industry-9780816528363","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}