Banana Capital

Ben Brisbois is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine of the Universite de Montreal's School of Public Health. He lives in Montreal.

"A deeply thoughtful exploration of global change, and what it might take to transform one of the most unjust industries in the world."-- "Steve Striffler, co-editor of Banana Wars" "A grim reminder of how plantation ecologies reverberate in human bodies in devastatingly unequal ways."-- "Julie Guthman" "This is an eye-opening and engaging exploration of one of the world's most popular fruits. Brisbois exposes the social and ecological consequences of the modern industrial banana."-- "Lenore Newman, author of Speaking in Cod Tongues" "Weaving together the science of banana production with realities of pesticides and poison, Banana Capital is a timely critique of the social, public health, political, and economic realities of the contemporary banana industry."-- "Kees Jansen, editor of the Journal of Agrarian Change" "Banana Capital upends North American notions of bananas as a "healthy" snack by revealing to readers the precarious lives of farm labour in Ecuador--the world's leading exporter of bananas for more than half a century--whose work is marked by social inequalities and exposure to hazardous pesticides. What's more, the author compels readers to find ways to achieve meaningful changes that go beyond virtuous consumption."-- "John Soluri, author of Banana Cultures"