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A Coffee Crusade by Theodore Isaac Erski
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Bridget Hall is a driven & successful entrepreneur running a non-profit company named the Coffee Exchange Alliance. She’s working to establish a fair-trade business presence on the Caribbean island of Salavandra, but must overcome the corrupt Minister of Agriculture, Rafael Gallegos, who profits by marginalizing the island’s farmers and smuggling their coffee to Jamaica. Bridget tackles personal & professional challenges on Salavandra that ultimately shake her belief in the choices she’s made in life as well as in her self-appointed role as savior of the island’s coffee farmers.
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By: Barry B
I'm in favor of teaching through writing but this book seems to take lengthy time-outs to just preach. Teach us THROUGH the story.By: Alex
This book is excellently written and I like the narration & music. Together with its prequel it is however one of the most depressing and disturbing podiobooks I've ever listened to. I am not sure if the author is doing fair-trade efforts a favor by conveying a picture of complete hopelessness regarding the improvement of the situation of coffee farmers. And I'd like to think that that would be the intention of someone writing books in this area. Alex
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 1 (35.79 MB) | Ethan McCray, a representative of The Coffee Exchange Alliance (CEA), is aboard the Cassiopeia in the Caribbean Sea. He is smuggling coffee from the island of Salavandra with Christopher Knox, the skipper. Evil plans hatch before the boat ever reaches Kingston. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 2 (39.25 MB) | Bridget Hall, Founder and President of CEA, is “cupping” coffees at her roasting facility in Brooklyn. She discusses her organization’s alternative trade strategies with her executive team. Later she meets Anthony Scopes of Integrated Foods—a massive food conglomerate. Scopes buys coffee for Ishmael’s Coffees, a consumer-end subsidiary of Integrated Foods. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 3 (34.37 MB) | Luis Florentino, the CEA liaison, is on Salavandra’s Encarnacion Peninsula where his sister’s family cultivates high-quality Arabica coffee. He hikes overland to his home near Amadica to meet Bridget. She lands in Salavandra’s airport and encounters rough treatment at the hands of the island’s Federal soldiers. She comes face-to-face with Salavandra’s Minister of Agriculture, Raphael Gallegos. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 4 (34.46 MB) | Luis and Bridget hike through the coffee hills around Amadica, meeting with farmers to discuss the benefits of joining the CEA. Coffee growers talk about the challenges and risks of joining the organization. Bridget learns that Luis was part of the United Front for the Liberation of Salavandra (UFLS), a revolutionary group that existed twenty years ago. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 5 (32.37 MB) | Luis and Bridget are detained by two Federals, under the orders of Minister Gallegos, who wants Bridget deported. The couple manages to escape into the wilderness. Gallegos discusses crooked business plans with Anthony Scopes. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 6 (35.08 MB) | Bridget learns that Luis is leading her to Encarnacion Peninsula. Minister Gallegos searches for Bridget. Luis’s sister Teresa is working with others on Encarnacion, sorting recently hulled coffee beans. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 7 (32.87 MB) | Bridget processes coffee cherries with Luis and Eva (Luis’s young niece). Eva becomes attached to Bridget. Bridget offers to assist the coffee growers in finding transportation for their beans. She explains why the CEA cannot buy beans directly from the Encarnacion growers. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 8 (36.62 MB) | Anthony Scopes is aboard the Echo searching for the dock on Encarnacion Peninsula. He encounters Bridget, who is aboard a skiff en-route to St. Matthew, and blackmails her into working with Integrated Foods and Ishmael’s Coffees. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 9 (37.42 MB) | Two Federals detain Luis and interrogate him about Bridget’s location. Minster Gallegos arrives and discerns Bridget’s whereabouts. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 10 (35.84 MB) | Bridget discusses her activities with the CEA executive team, but their conversation is interrupted. From Eva she learns about Salavandra’s Federal troops overrunning the coffee operation. Teresa blames Bridget for the peninsula’s discovery and breaks Eva’s friendship with Bridget. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| A Coffee Crusade, Chapter 11 (32.85 MB) | Minister Gallegos separately confronts Bridget and Scopes as Federal troops move across the peninsula. The future of the Encarnacion farmers hangs in the balance. | Jun 12, 2009 |