Unit 2 Discussion - Bananas

For this discussion I chose bananas. Bananas are one of my favorite fruits. On the website http;//fruit-crops.com it stated that banana trees and plants have provided man with tools, food, clothing and shelter prior to recorded history. Bananas are adapted to wet, hot, tropical lowlands. They grow better in temperatures of 72-90F. If the temperature drops below 56F growth ceases. Chiquita bananas come from Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. Bananas coming from Mexico to where I live Lebanon, Tennessee travel 1,563 miles.

        The international balance trade summaries for a acceptable part of a country’s gross domestic product. The international balance of trade is an important source of revenue for establishing country. The acceleration in the international balance trade is imperative for the growth of globalization. The asset of international balance of trade hold the dominant drivers of prosperity for the last half of the 20th centenary. Nations with vigorous international balance of trade have developed into fortunate and have the potential to control the world economy. One wat to reduce poverty is through global trade. There are many benefits of international trade such as preserve cost competitiveness in sedentary markets, diminish dependence on existent markets, preserve periodic market variations on existing market variations and more.

        Eating provincially grown foods has bountiful benefits for the district, farmer and shopper. Local food supports the regional economy. The money that is used with neighborhood farmers and producers all stays close to home and is reinvested with businesses and services in your neighborhood. Food developed in far-off locations has the imaginable potential for food safety issues at collecting, washing, transport and marketing. By obtaining nearby grown foods you aid in maintaining farmland and green and/or open space in your neighborhood. Locally grown food has more supplements. Locally grown food has a lessened time amidst gathering and your table, and it is less likely that the supplements  has decreased. Food imported from far-away states and countries is often older, has traveled and sits in distribution centers before it gets to your store. I try to buy local as much as possible. I think local foods taste so much better.