Four years ago, Kris & I went to St. Lucia for our honeymoon. (Pics) While the vacation was splendid, we saw a poor nation with a struggling economy. One day we went on a guided mountain biking tour which included a tour of the island. We went through many banana and plantain fields, and it seemed like every other one was either broke or going under.
So just today, it was good news to see that a UK supermarket is buying St. Lucia's bananas in response to consumer demand to fair trade goods.