Madeira has 3000 banana growers, who export 85% of the harvest
About 500 km north of the Canary Islands, and almost on the same latitude as the Moroccan city of Casablanca, lies Madeira, a small, lush Portuguese island. Though barely larger than the Spanish island of Menorca, 15% of the bananas you find on the shelves in mainland Portugal are grown on Madeira. Banana cultivation is part of Madeira’s identity, which is why it has an honest-to-goodness
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