Saint Lucia's Economy is Bananas - Caela O'Connell

Hurricane Tomas hit Saint Lucia on October 29, 2010, flooding the small island nation and crushing its banana crop. This storm helped pave the way for more banana troubles on the island, allowing the fungal banana disease black sigatoka to take hold and further injure St. Lucia's banana prospects. National Geographic grantee Caela O'Connell has been studying the methods and economic systems of banana farmers on St. Lucia and says that a large threat to St. Lucia's banana crop also comes from the large corporate farms in other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean being able to undercut the island's small crop producers. O'Connell also explains the different ways St. Lucians like to consume bananas as part of their national dish.