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"30,000 Pounds of Bananas", sometimes spelled "Thirty Thousand Pounds of Bananas", is a folk rock song by Harry Chapin from his 1974 album, Verities & Balderdash. The song became more popular in its live extended recording from Chapin's 1976 concert album, Greatest Stories Live that started the phrase "Harry, it sucks."
The album is notable for its extended version of "30,000 Pounds of Bananas", infamous for Chapin's recounting of his brothers' remarks after hearing the original ...
Andrew Preston was born in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts on June 29, 1846. [1]He married Frances E. Gutterson on August 5, 1869, and they had one daughter. [1]In 1884, Preston and nine others formed the Boston Fruit Company, an event marking the birth of the modern banana business.
According to the most recently available USDA data, banana imports from January through July totaled 6.15 billion pounds, worth $1.4 billion — about 100 million pounds more than the same period ...
The average price of a pound of bananas was 58 cents in March 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but had increased to 63 cents by February 2024.
Virtually all bananas eaten in the United States are imported, and 1.2 million metric tons of bananas flow through the ILA-represented ports, with Port Wilmington in Delaware declaring itself ...
A banana plantation in St. Lucia. The banana industry is an important part of the global industrial agrobusiness. About 15% of the global banana production goes to export and international trade for consumption in Western countries. [1] They are grown on banana plantations primarily in the Americas. [2]
It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents. Trader Joe's recently upped the price for a single banana to 23 cents, a 4-cent — or 21% — increase ...