1. Luxury Crops

2. What is “Luxury”???

3. Luxury crops are…
Agricultural products that are not necessary to human survival
Examples?
Coffee, Tea, Cacao, Tobacco, Others? (Coca, Marijuana, Poppy)
Note - sugarcane is debatable

4. Coffee, Tea, Cacao, Tobacco
Climate breeds Luxury
Coffee, Tea, Cacao, Tobacco

5. Exploitation is Rampant
As a result of the standard interactions of a plantation based agricultural system, workers are often exploited.
Even when the farms are independently run, they can often face substandard pricing.
Coffee
Dukale’s Dream; The Shell Game;
Cacao
The Dark Side of Chocolate
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