Venezuela Bananas: A staple food item for the people of that nation could be in short supply after government announces a fungus, like COVID for banana plantations. The UN (FAO) says the only way to eradicate the fungus is: "rip out plants".

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The reason modern bananas (Cavendish) don't taste as good as the old ones (Gros Michel or Big Mike) is that a fungus (Panama Disease) wiped out most of the commercial banana plantations, so they engineered one that was resistant but it didn't taste as good. If you want to know what Gros Michel tastes like, eat some banana flavored candy.