Title | Regional identity can add value to agricultural products |
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Abstract |
Regional identity creation is being recognized for its economic benefits and as a strategic resource for producer communities. A regional identity is not a brand; it is built through a complicated process of developing cohesion and sharing in the industry community and communicating outside the industry community to opinion-makers and consumers. The California fine wine industry has built successful regional identities and leveraged them to add value to their wines. As regional identities in the wine industry have strengthened, so has the industry, and a symbiotic relationship with other local value-added industries, such as tourism and hospitality, has emerged. Other agricultural producers can learn from the identity creation experiences in the wine industry. With the many challenges faced by California agriculture, identity formation may offer producers new ideas for adding value to their products and finding larger markets. |
Authors |
Christensen, Bradley C. : B.C. Christensen is Ph.D. Candidate, Geography Graduate Group, UC Davis
Kenney, Martin F.
AES, Distinguished Professor
High technology; impacts of automation and digital platforms on agriculture
Patton, Donald : D. Patton is Research Scientist, Community and Regional Development, UC Davis.
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Publication Date | Apr 1, 2015 |
Date Added | Jun 24, 2015 |
Copyright | © The Regents of the University of California |
Copyright Year | 2015 |
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The California fine wine industry has built and leveraged successful regional identities, yielding lessons for other agricultural sectors. |
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