These stakes are bananas! Grand prizes worth more than $950

In honor of National Banana Day on April 16, Dole Food Co. is teaming up with a frozen dessert maker and a home composter to spotlight the sustainable lifecycle of the fruit.

Dole is partnering with Ninja and Reencle for a week-long National Banana Day sweepstakes and educational initiative to demonstrate how easy it is to use bananas to make ice cream and soft-serve desserts, then compost the banana peels to create a farm-to-table-to-garden food cycle.

The Dole Farm-to-Table-to-Garden National Banana Day Sweepstakes will give 10 banana lovers the chance to win a prize pack worth more than $950 featuring a one-year supply of Dole bananas, a Ninja Swirl ice cream machine and a Reencle home composter.

“A holiday honoring America’s most popular fruit and the most-purchased item in supermarkets, National Banana Day has become a week-long celebration at Dole,” said William Goldfield, Dole Food Co. director of communications. “And in that same spirit, this year’s goal was to expand the public’s perception of what’s possible by including Ninja and Reencle in a deliciously sustainable collaboration that’s as good for the planet as it is for banana lovers.”

The program will include live events, videos, digital downloads and social media activations. The three partners will share recipes and usage ideas featuring different exotic banana varieties available at U.S. retailers with a special focus on the 14 official Dole Whip recipes.

To qualify for the sweepstakes, shoppers will be asked to post a photo of a Dole banana taken at their favorite supermarket with the hashtag #BananaHaul on Dole’s Facebook or Instagram page between April 9 and noon on April 12, according to the release. Participants can post a photo of a Ninja Swirl by CREAMi Soft-Serve & Ice Cream Machine or Reencle Home Composter using the same hashtag.