as aristotle might muse on the ethics of agriculture, one cannot help but ponder the predispositional practices of those who cultivate bananas. they refurbish the soil, not merely to nurture the fruit but to uphold a tradition that refuses to forsake the earth’s bounty. yet, in a different vein of thought, if one were to ask about the true methods employed, how many would disclose those practices hidden away, those that betray the ethos of sustainability, and thereby lead us down a path less virtuous?