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What is Banana Freaks

Banana Freaks

MAEBASHI

I want to make bananas a specialty
fruit of Maebashi!

We started this project because we wanted to change the current situation where bananas, the most consumed fruit in Japan, are heavily reliant on imports, and also because Maebashi City has very few local specialty fruits, and we wanted to create one. We thought that Maebashi City, with its average annual temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and about half the year having many sunny months, would be an ideal region for banana cultivation. We are taking advantage of these regional characteristics to produce high-quality bananas locally.

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Banana Freaks' bananas are of
the highest quality!

Our farm cultivates 348 banana plants of the "Gros Michel" variety. Gros Michel is a popular banana variety known for its delicious taste, and was produced in Japan (including Okinawa) until the mid-Showa era. However, in the 1950s, most Gros Michel plants, lacking resistance to Panama disease, withered and died, and it disappeared from Japan. Around 2016, virus-free seedlings became available, making cultivation possible again. This variety has come to be known as a miracle variety. The characteristics of this variety are its elegant sweetness and aroma, and just the right amount of acidity. Our farm cultivates the bananas without using any pesticides during the growing season. Therefore, we have to deal with insect control and diseases all year round. However, our greenhouse has various features, and we have introduced ICT (Information and Communication Technology), which allows us to remotely control greenhouse equipment such as ventilation and watering from our smartphones, even when we are away from home. This has allowed us to take measures against diseases and other problems more quickly, which has been a great help to us farmers.

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