SOMETHING BANANA TO LEARN HERE

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VIDEOlink ... https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=328242469240553

WHAT'S TO BE SAID HERE? ... Firstly, this video might well be understood as Chinese 'CULTURALpropaganda' albeit that much can be gleaned from this material. From an AUSTRALIANperspective there is much to see and especially so from the vantage point of industrial BANANAgrowing in the Australian CULTURALlandscape.

From that vantage point these things are gleanable:

• Not every household will have a 'kitchen' such as this one – not many in China as well;
• Culturally, within China and the Chinese diaspora there is an inclination to exploit the food possibilities of a 'resource' fully;
• There are DEEPhistories at work in this material;
• The FOODculture on display here is typically 'romantically exoticised' in Australia and thus discounted within Australia's PERIcolonial sensibilities and sensitivities ... sadly.

Consequently, demonstrably in the marketplace, here especially so in SUPERmarkets, there is no apparent will, nor inclination, nor disposition to service a so-called exotic clientele – Orientials, HIPPYdippies, WORLDLYtravellers et al. Likewise, these marketers are quite, quite inclined to set 'standards' that pander to 'the lowest common denominator' and totally ignore the diversity dispositions of 'the marketplace of ideas'. This renders BANANAgrowers as 'price takers' and insists that they only produce 'fruit' – fruit that isn't straight, too big, too small, not wonky in any way and only a dessert fruit and never a vegetable and ideally Cavendish bananas.

There is much bigger discussion that needs to be engaged with yet it seems that 'STATUS QUOISM' is alive and well in the Australian PERIcolonial mindset that seems to dominate 'the banana market'. If only that was not the case!

Quotable Quote ... Ronald Reagan “Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.” 

Luther Blissett TASMANIA FEB 2022

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Scholars have discovered that the issue with world hunger is not a food shortage, but the logistics behind food distribution. We need to improve access to food by looking at production strategies, trade agreements and food aid. Here is a quote to do with world hunger. “We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.” 

Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States.