{"id":356504,"date":"2026-06-28T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-bananas-so-cheap\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:00:27","slug":"why-are-bananas-so-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-bananas-so-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are bananas so cheap?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fc2dLrad7UE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why are bananas so cheap?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fc2dLrad7UE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Could Britain&#8217;s favourite fruit be wiped out?<\/p>\n<p>Sky News&#8217; Ed Conway explores why the bananas in our supermarkets are so cheap, their rise to become the most popular fruit and the apocalyptic threats they face.<\/p>\n<p>For more on all things bananas &#8211; listen to Ed&#8217;s podcast Stuff Matters: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/stuff-matters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Britain&#8217;s favourite fruit be wiped out? 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