Going Bananas

First you see the fields, the endless rows of banana trees, the ditches separating them, the planks laid out haphazardly as bridges from row to row. Next, you see the shipping containers laid up in storage, five or six stories tall; first Dole, then Del Monte and Chiquita. Last you see the warning signs; don´t enter this field because of the dangerous chemicals sprayed. And the worker´s shanties laid out haphazardly in the shade of the broad banana leaves. And the kids playing soccer in sight of the warning sign. You won´t see the resulting health problems from a bus window, but I can see myself only buying organic bananas in the future.