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Chiquita bananas are displayed for sale in a London store. Shares in Irish banana company Fyffes slumped on Monday after Cutrale Group and Brazilian investment firm Safra Group offered to buy Chiquita Brands, threatening Fyffes' earlier deal with Chiquita

A Brazilian company bids to become Chiquita’s orange knight

Business

American banana giant Chiquita has been planning a merger with Fyffes, an Irish rival, since March. But a $611 million offer from a Brazilian orange juice company might derail the deal.

Chiquita bananas are displayed for sale in a London store. Shares in Irish banana company Fyffes slumped on Monday after Cutrale Group and Brazilian investment firm Safra Group offered to buy Chiquita Brands, threatening Fyffes' earlier deal with Chiquita

A Brazilian company bids to become Chiquita’s orange knight

Business
This 1961 satellite photo shows Tell Rifaat an ancient town in northwest Syria that is now completely surrounded by a modern town.

Old spy satellite images get a new life revealing ancient cities

Global Scan
This 1961 satellite photo shows Tell Rifaat an ancient town in northwest Syria that is now completely surrounded by a modern town.

Old spy satellite images get a new life revealing ancient cities

Global Scan
Banana disease

That banana you eat with your breakfast may become a lot harder to find — and more expensive

Environment
Banana disease

That banana you eat with your breakfast may become a lot harder to find — and more expensive

Environment

The banana is usually considered the world’s funniest fruit, but the threat to its existence is deadly serious.

If you want to climb Everest, you’re going to have to help clean it up

Global Scan

if you’ve ever thought about climbing Mount Everest, you better pack an extra trash bag. A new rule requires all climbers to bring down eight kilograms of garbage over and above their own trash. Odds are they won’t be bringing down banana peals, at least if you believe new research that bananas could be under threat. That and more, in today’s Global Scan.if you’ve ever thought about climbing Mount Everest, you better pack an extra trash bag. A new rule requires all climbers to bring down eight kilograms of garbage over and above their own trash. Odds are they won’t be bringing down banana peals, at least if you believe new research that bananas could be under threat. That and more, in today’s Global Scan.

Turkey Teen Wins Prize for Making Plastic From Banana Peels

Environment

Istanbul teenager Elif Bilgin wanted to find an alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastic production. So she developed a way to make bio-plastic from discarded banana peels.

Bananas or the Environment: A Fair Trade?

Whatever the outcome of the banana war going on between the United States and Europe, there are serious concerns about the human and environmental impact of banana cultivation that are largely unaddressed. Steve Curwood talks with Living On Earth contributor Bob Carty, who spent many years in Central America reporting on the banana industry there.

The World

The End of Banana Republics?

Richard Schiffman reports from Costa Rica on various recent developments in the banana industry concerning land use and pesticides in Central America.