Banana Fo Fana

So my experiences with bananas and companies is limited at this point, I will focus on what has been presented to me since entering Costa Rica. The types of bananas are all around me, all the time. For breakfast, lunch and dinner, I have fried plantains and cut bananas which are delicious. It seems that to have a banana tree at a business is a sign of status for a company, or at least adds to the esthetic value outside.
As for the industry, used as a food, it is very good and tastes the same as it does in the states, if not better. The difference that I can only find is the quality of the peel. In the US, stores only seems to stock yellow/green peels with no bruises, but here the peel is a darker yellow with a very ripe brown coming out. I’m not sure what attribute this to (either more pesticides or hybrid plants?) All I can say though is that it is still a cheap and delicious plant which can be eaten any time.
Other products which I have run into have been dried plantains at roadside stops, which I have yet to venture to taste. But again this just drives home the idea that this is just a cheap sweet treat which is sold here. A better update should come after a visit to the banana plantations.