{"id":1865,"date":"2011-11-16T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T17:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2011-11-16T10:50:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T17:50:03","slug":"slouching-toward-a-bananapocalypse-grist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/11\/16\/slouching-toward-a-bananapocalypse-grist\/","title":{"rendered":"Slouching toward a bananapocalypse? | Grist"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/food\/2011-11-11-slouching-toward-a-bananapocolypse\">Slouching toward a bananapocalypse? | Grist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All commercial bananas are of the same variety. They&#8217;re also seedless &#8211; which means they are not only the same kind but they are also <strong><em>the same plant<\/em><\/strong>. If something infects one instance of that plant, it can infect ALL OF THEM. 100% infection because they all share the same genetics; the same resistance; the same susceptibilities.<\/p>\n<p>This is why we need to preserve as many\u00a0different\u00a0breeds as we can. I&#8217;ve talked about this before <a title=\"Rare Breeds\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/07\/12\/rare-breeds\/\">here <\/a>and <a title=\"My Stampede Experience\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/07\/12\/my-stampede-experience\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1865'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1865);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1865);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1865);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Slouching toward a bananapocalypse? | Grist. All commercial bananas are of the same variety. They&#8217;re also seedless &#8211; which means they are not only the same kind but they are also the same plant. If something infects one instance of &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/11\/16\/slouching-toward-a-bananapocalypse-grist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[137,111,83,110,103],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-diversity","tag-farming","tag-rare-breeds","tag-rural-life-2","tag-society"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-u5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1867,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/11\/worth-sharing-something-to-be-thankful-for-real-turkeys-make-a-comeback-grist\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":0},"title":"Worth Sharing: Something to be thankful for: Real turkeys make a comeback | Grist","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Something to be thankful for: Real turkeys make a comeback | Grist. 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