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BananaWay:

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.

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BananaWay:

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  1. BananaWay: From the Tree to the Shops (SlaveWay) From the Shops to the Mouth (SafeWay)

  2. 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.

  3. Banana, I Love You. Where is your Mother?

  4. Banana, I Love You. Where is your Mother?

  5. Banana, I Love You. Where is your Tree?

  6. Banana was born here.The Tree is Her Mother.

  7. My Beautiful Mother Before I was Born

  8. Banana and Banana Siblings

  9. 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.

  10. Fruit Curriculum in: • Social Studies K1-7 • Social Studies K11 • Social Studies K12

  11. Why bananas? • Banana is the most popular fruit. • Banana is nutritious – energy, potassium • Banana is easy to eat and has some fibers.

  12. Fiber content in a banana

  13. Banana is an Arabic word. It means a finger

  14. People: Girls Boys Women Men Animals: Monkeys Elephants Pigs Rabbits Who eats bananas?

  15. People Women Men Girls Boys Seniors Who plants bananas?

  16. Bananas are grown in: • Africa, • Asia, • Australia and • Latin America

  17. 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

  18. Banana World

  19. Banana Corporations • Chiquita Brands International • Del Monte • Dole Corporation

  20. Bananas in the Market Shops

  21. Types of Bananas? • Raw Ripe Ready to Eat Bananas • Cooking Bananas

  22. Rice Bananas

  23. How many Bananas to eat? • Eating one banana a day is cool.

  24. Student Project • Describe one country which grows bananas for Canada. • Describe one banana corporation which markets bananas in Canada.

  25. Sources of Information • Sources (countries) of bananas eaten in Canada http://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_prod.html • Food composition of bananas. • http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/list_nut_edit.pl • www.bananamuseums.org

  26. BananaBoat Lyrics By Harry Belafonte : • Day-o, day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and me wan' go homeDay-o, day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and me wan' go homeWork all night on a drink of  rumDaylight come and me wan' go homeStack banana till de morning comeDaylight come and me wan' go homeDay-o, day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and me wan' go homeDay-o, day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and me wan' go homeCome, Mister tally man, tally me bananaDaylight come and me wan' go homeCome, Mister tally man, tally me bananaDaylight come and me wan' go homeDay-o, day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and me wan' go homeDay-o, day-ay-ay-oDaylight come and me wan' go home

  27. 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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