• bob_lemon@feddit.de
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            10 months ago

            I would buy organic bananas, but someone decided that they need a ring of packing tape around them, so I can’t separate the 2 or 3 that I need from the bushel of 6.

            • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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              10 months ago

              They did that at the grocery store for their organic peppers. Big plastic sticker around every bell pepper with ORGANIC in large print. And the sticker wouldn’t peel off without leaving glue residue.

    • Match!!@pawb.social
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      10 months ago

      I believe the implication is that $2 would be a fair price to pay for a banana if it weren’t for imperialism exploiting the workers where they grow