According to Bebber bananas are too cheap at the moment. Not only because the environmental cost of a chemical-heavy monoculture has not been taken into account, but the social cost of employing people on very low wages. The charity Banana Link, which campaigns on the issue, blames the supermarkets for a “race to the bottom” that has forced prices lower and lower, compromising the environment, workers’ health and ultimately the health of the banana crop.