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Farm Map
- Start
- Ready to start the farm flyover?
- Greenhouse
- What does a banana researcher do?
- How many banana varieties are there?
- How do we grow bananas?
- Plantation
- Spend a day with farm employee Andrés.
- How much care do bananas need?
- How do we protect the fruit and the environment?
- How old does a banana plant get?
- How are bananas harvested?
- Why are bananas curved?
- Why does “pato” protect the soil?
- How does Dole save water?
- How do we recycle?
- Why do we plant trees?
- Quality control
- When is a banana a Dole banana?
- How can you recognize a good banana?
- Packing station
- How do bananas end up in the crate?
Welcome to our Banana Farm Tour!
Farm Tour
Explore a Dole banana plantation and find out what happens to your fruit from growing to harvest.
- Scroll up or down to move over the farm.
- Tap on one of the info boxes to find out more about a topic.
Scroll up or down to move over the farm.
Tap on one of the info boxes to find out more about a topic.
Ready to start the farm flyover?
Ready to start the farm flyover?
Here you can see our plantation from above. It is located on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica - surrounded by the sea and mountains. Over 700 people work on an area with a size of about 1,000 football fields. Nearly 4.5 million bananas are harvested every week. All year round.