Regional Food Labels as a Way to Reposition Mature Products
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | This chapter discusses the use of regional labels as a way to reinvent local food, using data from a longitudinal research study on regional labeling in the Czech region Vysočina. The application and market presence of regional food labeling schemes are quite diverse across Europe; the broad range of food labeling policies within European Union member states reflects distinctions in historical evolution, organization, and development of food industries, as well as different consumer interests, attitudes, and behaviors. Regional labels signal above all authenticity and genuineness, and it is a sign that the product is actually produced in the region denoted by the name of the product. By exploring the application of a series of researches with both quantitative and qualitative designs, this case study examines the ways in which local producers and authorities may have reconstructed their knowledge of the regional food market and use of regional labels. |