BananaWay:

From the Tree to the Shops (SlaveWay)

From the Shops to the Mouth (SafeWay)

 PowerPoint prepared
by Shiraz Ramji
• T-Shirt used for the Fruit
Campaign in East and
Southern Africa.

• For every child born, plant

a fruit tree.
• For every grandchild born
plant two fruit trees.
 Banana, I Love You.
Where is your Mother?
 Banana, I Love You.
Where is your Mother?
Banana, I Love You.
Where is your Tree?
Banana was born here.
The Tree is Her Mother.
My Beautiful Mother
Before I was Born
Banana and Banana Siblings
 Learning Objectives
• To create awareness about different types of
bananas eaten in Canada.
• To create awareness about people and countries
involved in producing bananas eaten in Canada.
• To create awareness about
Banana Corporations.
 Fruit Curriculum in:
• Social Studies K1-7
• Social Studies K11
• Social Studies K12
 Why bananas?
• Banana is the most popular fruit.
• Banana is nutritious – energy, potassium
• Banana is easy to eat and has some fibers.
 Fiber content in a banana
6

4 Apple
Banana
3 Grapes
Papaya
2 Pear
1

0
Apple Banana Grapes Papaya Pear
Banana is an Arabic word.

It means a finger
 Who eats bananas?
• People: • Animals:
• Girls • Monkeys
• Boys • Elephants
• Women • Pigs
• Men • Rabbits
 Who plants bananas?
• People • Women
• Men
• Girls
• Boys
• Seniors
 Bananas are grown in:

• Africa,
• Asia,
• Australia and
• Latin America
 Sources of bananas eaten in Canada (2003)

• Central America (Costa Rica, Honduras,…)

• South America (Ecuador, Colombia, Peru)
• Asia (Philippines, Japan, Thailand, China)
• Africa (Uganda, South Africa, Ghana)

• Total value of banana imports in year 2003 was

$260,610,047
Banana World
 Banana Corporations
• Chiquita Brands International
• Del Monte
• Dole Corporation
Bananas in the Market Shops
 Types of Bananas?
• Raw Ripe Ready to Eat Bananas
• Cooking Bananas
Rice Bananas
 How many Bananas to eat?
• Eating one banana a day is cool.
 Student Project
• Describe one country which grows bananas
for Canada.
• Describe one banana corporation which
markets bananas in Canada.
 Sources of Information
• Sources (countries) of bananas eaten in
Canada
http://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_p
rod.html
• Food composition of bananas.
• http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/l
ist_nut_edit.pl

• www.bananamuseums.org
 BananaBoat Lyrics
By Harry Belafonte :

•
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Work all night on a drink of  rum

Daylight come and me wan' go home
Stack banana till de morning come
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 BananaWay: Tree-Shop-Mouth
• Over the past fifty years, food consumers have
become more and more disconnected from their
food source to the point where many people
believe that food comes from a supermarket
instead of local farmers. Food distributors and
retailers promise the lowest possible prices for
consumers regardless of the impact on farmers or
local business-persons." Andrea Welling (1999)
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