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  Lets not forget about Ethylene gas

  I have a friend who works for a very large national fruit and veggie company.  He once described to me the banana ripening facilities he has on site at his distro center.  Non-organic bananas are placed in what resemble large meat lockers.  These banana lockers which are airtight are filled to the brim with bushels of bananas and then artificial ethylene gas is pumped in.

  The ethylene gas hastens the ripening process so that the bananas are less green than they would normally be.  Remember that rules of organics stipulate no artificial chemicals or non-natural methods for ripening.  Your organic bananas that you pay almost twice the price for are NOT suffocated in noxious ethylene gas, unlike their cheaper much more attractive, and potentially hazardous counterparts.On Umbra on organic bananas posted 1 year, 8 months ago 22 Responses