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Cavendish bananas face threats from TR4 disease globally, leading to biosecurity measures in Colombia to protect banana production. Various food production processes, from ice cream to tofu and olive oil, highlight the intricate steps involved in creating everyday products.

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Cavendish bananas are sterile genetic clones vulnerable to disease, with TR4 posing a significant threat to Latin American banana production.
Citrus farmers in Florida face challenges from the greening disease, leading to a decrease in orange volume and necessitating the development of an HLB-resistant orange variety through ongoing research at the University of Florida.

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Recent questions

How are Cavendish bananas vulnerable to disease?
Cavendish bananas are sterile genetic clones, making them susceptible to diseases like TR4, a deadly plant disease that has spread globally.
What measures are taken to prevent TR4 in banana farms?
Farms in Colombia implement biosecurity measures like disinfecting vehicles, sanitizing foot baths, and monitoring banana quality to prevent the spread of TR4.
How is Ben and Jerry's ice cream produced?
Ben and Jerry's ice cream production involves churning cream, milk, and sugar, pasteurizing the mix, adding flavors, and freezing it in a giant barrel.
What is the process of Gorgonzola cheese production?
Gorgonzola cheese production in Italy includes adding rennet, enzymes, and yeast to milk, curdling it, molding it, salting it, and aging it for 2-3 months.
How are cranberries harvested?
Cranberries are harvested by flooding the bog with water, causing them to float, then using machines to knock the berries off the vines, with farmers wading into the water to collect them.

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Banana and Ice Cream Production Processes Explained

Cavendish bananas are popular due to their taste, appearance, and ability to ripen during transportation, but they are sterile and vulnerable to disease due to being genetic clones.
TR4, a deadly plant disease affecting Cavendish bananas, has spread globally, threatening banana production in Latin America.
Farms in Colombia have implemented biosecurity measures to prevent the spread of TR4, including disinfecting vehicles, sanitizing foot baths, and monitoring banana quality.
Bananas are harvested after 12-13 weeks, sanitized, quality-checked, and packaged before being shipped to the U.S.
Ben and Jerry's ice cream production involves churning cream, milk, and sugar, pasteurizing the mix, adding flavors, and freezing it in a giant barrel.
Ice cream flavors like half baked and chocolate therapy are known for their large chunks, added through a chunk feeder in the production process.
Pints of ice cream are filled, quality-tested, frozen, and packaged in groups of eight before being shipped globally.
Gorgonzola cheese production in Italy involves adding rennet, enzymes, and yeast to milk, curdling it, molding it, salting it, and aging it for 2-3 months.
Beluga caviar production includes extracting eggs from mature sturgeons, salting them, and packaging them for maturation based on customer preferences.
Sardine canning at Pinhais involves cleaning, brining, steaming, adding ingredients, hand-packing, quality control, and storing the cans for 3-6 months before shipping.

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Cranberry Harvest: From Bog to Bottle

The Gilmore family prepares their bogs for the wet Harvest of cranberries starting in September.
Cranberries grow in sand, peat, gravel, and clay, not submerged in water.
Cranberry Vines are almost 90 years old on the bog.
Cranberries are harvested by flooding the bog with water, causing them to float.
Cranberry harvesting machines are used to knock the berries off the Vines.
Farmers wade into the water to collect the floating Cranberries.
Cranberries are processed and sent to manufacturing plants for further processing.
Ocean Spray implements CDC guidelines and social distancing during harvesting.
Cranberries are processed into juice, Craisins, and sauce at manufacturing plants.
Acme Smoked Fish in Brooklyn produces 15 million pounds of smoked fish annually, including classic smoked Nova salmon.

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Tofu and Coffee Processing Techniques Explained

Traditional Japanese coagulant, nigari, used to adjust firmness of tofu
Coagulant separates whey from proteins in tofu, taking 15 minutes
Curds spooned into molds, hand-shaped using cheesecloth
Tofu pressed to desired firmness, with variations from soft to extra firm
Hydraulic press used to squeeze out water from tofu
Tofu flipped into water bath, sliced and packed for restaurants or stores
Coffee cherries hand-picked when ripe, processed within 24 hours
Coffee cherries undergo washed process, involving flotation tank and pulper
Drying process reduces moisture in coffee parchment to 9-12%
Green bean production involves hulling, polishing, and sorting by size and quality

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"Florida's Juicing Plant Battles Citrus Disease"

Larry owns the juicing plant in Lake Wales, where about 90% of the fruit grown in the state goes to orange juice production.
Due to a decrease in orange volume, the plant had to shut down one of its processing lines.
Sixty thousand boxes of oranges arrive at the plant daily from Cooperative Farms across central Florida, a decrease from before.
Oranges are juiced within 24 hours of harvesting, with seeds removed and pulp collected for potential re-blending.
Pasteurized juice is pumped into cartons, but greening affects natural sugar content, requiring blending with sweeter oranges.
Scientists at the University of Florida are working on breeding an HLB-resistant orange variety to combat the disease.
Breeding resistant oranges is challenging, akin to finding a genetic needle in a haystack, and could take over a decade.
The goal is to create a resistant tree that remains healthy even if exposed to the disease, aiding in future disease prevention.
Citrus screening research is ongoing, with the hope that science will provide new tools to ease citrus growing in the future.
Despite challenges, the citrus screening industry remains resilient, with ongoing efforts to combat diseases and sustain operations.

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Artisan Olive Oil Production and Quinoa Harvesting

Extra virgin olive oil is the least processed type, extracted by grinding and pressing olives without heat or chemicals.
Machines blend olives into a paste, then decanters extract the oil, while the olive waste is composted for fertilizer or fuel.
Francisco Aguado ensures high-quality olive oil production, stored in stainless steel tanks with nitrogen to maintain freshness.
Decoup boasts the world's largest olive oil storage facility, holding 300,000 metric tons for up to two years.
Quinoa farmers like Ignacio harvest by hand, with cooperatives paying about $1.50 per kilo, processing 1,200 tons annually.
Quinoa is washed, categorized, and packaged before export to the U.S., EU, and Japan by cooperatives like Copain Cabana.
Apiaka tribe members collect Brazil nuts, facing challenges but now thriving through a cooperative model, increasing profits significantly.
Juniors cheesecakes are made in New Jersey, starting with cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla, with a unique baking process in water baths.
Heinz produces 1.8 million bottles of ketchup daily, with a meticulous process of mixing tomato paste, sugar, vinegar, brine, and spices, ensuring quality through viscosity testing and automated bottling.

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