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...struggle has all the classic images of a revolution: machete-wielding peasants, gun-toting men in uniform, alleged acts of sabotage. But the rebellion brewing in Honduras has an unusual rallying cry: Bananas! For nearly a century, U.S. giant Chiquita Brands International (formerly United Fruit) has enjoyed a virtual monopoly on the republic's banana exports. But many growers today want to sell their produce to Fyffes Group, a British fruit company offering $4.40 a box, vs. Chiquita's estimated...
...continue to load up on the "empty" calories in sweet foods may not get a proper nutritional balance. Bonnie Liebman, a nutritionist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, finds it ironic that "the same companies that are making cereals with whole grain, lots of dried fruit, high fiber and few preservatives for adults are still using sugar and refined flour and artificial flavoring for kids." Most everyone agrees the sweet stuff promotes tooth decay. "I tell kids they should throw away the cereal and eat the boxes," says Richard Holstein, a New Jersey children's dentist...
Butts had a point. Since January, Brooklyn's Flatbush section had been roiled by a black boycott of two Korean grocers that began after a Haitian woman accused the Koreans of assaulting her in an argument over a dollar's worth of fruit. Two weeks ago, Newsday's Pulitzer-prizewinning columnist Jimmy Breslin was suspended for aiming a tirade of racial and sexual slurs at an Asian-American co-worker who had criticized his work. At Long Island University's Brooklyn campus, a brawl broke out when a white professor from the City College of New York delivered a lecture...
...arrived in New York City scratching for a foothold. They open Mom and Pop stores in the cheapest neighborhoods and, as they succeed, stir the resentment of longtime residents who are often mired in poverty. South Korean immigrants now own 2,500 of the more than 3,000 fruit and vegetable stores in the New York City area. Blacks often resent the newcomers' ability to garner profits from their community. Differences in class and culture as well as stubborn myths have led to conflict...
...toil incredibly long hours and still average between $17,000 and $35,000 in annual profits per family. Leaders in both communities have worked to bridge differences. "We should help each other," says Park Won Chan, wholesaler for a Flatbush grocery. Adds Jong H. Chai, manager of a nearby fruit and vegetable shop: "This is not Africa. This is not Korea. This is America. I don't understand...