Missed those Dan News Updates...
Shades of the potato famine...but way too little information. Banana plantations may be filled with overbred, sterile bananas, but am I supposed to believe wild bananas are extinct?
Overbreeding crops has many well-known dangers, which is why agriculture companies try to avoid it when possible. A number of organizations are collecting samples and seeds of ancient varieties of plants to keep a wide range of genetic material available.
Maybe this is just one of those overblown stories like the one about blondes going extinct.