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Discover the Origin

While eating my Turbana banana this morning, the little sticker thingy told me to "discover the origin". Since I do not have a smart device to scan the QR code, I decided to do some research on the good ole interwebs and this is what I found:

The first link that came up on my google search was "Turbana brings consumers back to the farm". There has been a movement to 'know where your food comes from'. When asking many of the kids that I work with, they tend to answer "the grocery store" or "a farm" but they don't know much beyond that. Neither do a majority of American adults. There is such a huge disconnect between what we put into our bodies and where it comes from. This just doesn't seem right. I want to know that what Im eating and what Im spending money on is ok for my body and eases my mind.

So, after clicking on this link and reading the article listed above, along with a search of Turbana's website, I was very impressed. Bananas especially, are a fruit that can be grown in harsh conditions for the farmers, don't produce great profit and clear a lot of rainforest in the process.
Turbana however, has listed many things on its website that it helps with.  For starters, all of their bananas have a QR code in which one can scan to find out where they came from and a little about the farmer who grew your bananas. They list many economic and environmental practices that benefit the areas in which they grow because they are 100% grower owned. Also, Turbana gives money and support to help the communities in which their bananas grow. They have been giving laptops to students, working on projects to divert rainwater and helped women create their own recycling business along with MANY other projects. I encourage you to click on the link below to read some more of their awesome projects.

Id love for YOU to check out a little bit more about Turbana and think about where your other food comes from.

http://www.turbana.com

REMEMBER: You're not only buying food to sustain you, your investing money in the companies from which you buy. This means, the grocery store where your food is purchased, the company where the food is produced and processed and the farmers who grow your food.  Take a few minutes to do a little research.  Are you ok with what their health, social and environmental policies are?

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