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Labels of origin for food, the new economy and opportunities for rural development in the US

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This paper draws upon the events surrounding two small United States Department of Agriculture-funded projects in order to explore some preliminary ideas about the influence of corporations in US policy-making through federal advisory committees created by the 1972 Federal Advisory Committee Act. Following a synopsis of the political controversy created by the efforts of these projects to generate more discussion of geographical indications in the US, this paper outlines a path for further analysis of the relationships between members of advisory committees to the US Trade Representative and a newly established non-profit, the Consortium for Common Food Names. After a brief discussion of two worlds of geographic indications defined on the one hand by key principles of terroir and on the other hand those embodied in US Patent & Trademark Policy, the paper concludes with short discussions of two approaches for bringing geographic indications into federal and state policy discussions. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012

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  • Jim Bingen, 2012. "Labels of origin for food, the new economy and opportunities for rural development in the US," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 29(4), pages 543-552, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:29:y:2012:i:4:p:543-552
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-012-9400-z
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    1. Martina Chalupová & Stanislav Rojík & Hana Kotoučková & Lenka Kauerová, 2020. "Food Labels (Quality, Origin, and Sustainability): The Experience of Czech Producers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Jana Jaďuďová & Miroslav Badida & Anna Badidová & Iveta Marková & Miriam Ťahúňová & Emília Hroncová, 2020. "Consumer Behavior towards Regional Eco-Labels in Slovakia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-11, June.
    3. Chalupová Martina & Prokop Martin & Rojík Stanislav, 2016. "Regional Food Preference and Awareness of Regional Labels in Vysočina Region (Czech Republic)," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 8(2), pages 109-122, June.
    4. Martina Chalupová & Martin Prokop, 2016. "Awareness of the Vysočina Regional Food Labels With Context of Their Media Presence," Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Mendel University Press, vol. 64(1), pages 223-234.
    5. Jana Jaďuďová & Milada Šťastná & Iveta Marková & Emília Hroncová, 2023. "Regional Labelling as a Tool for Supporting Rural Development: A Slovak Case Study," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-14, May.
    6. Amy Quark, 2015. "Agricultural commodity branding in the rise and decline of the US food regime: from product to place-based branding in the global cotton trade, 1955–2012," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 32(4), pages 777-793, December.
    7. Armelle Mazé, 2023. "Geographical indications as global knowledge commons: Ostrom's law on common intellectual property and collective action," Post-Print hal-04063797, HAL.

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