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What's interesting is that the US absolutely has a huge amount of regional food. Many food items are tied to a specific city, and this goes way beyond the Phila

What's interesting is that the US absolutely has a huge amount of regional food. Many food items are tied to a specific city, and this goes way beyond the Philadelphia Cheesesteak. The food was often a reimagining of immigrants' foods from back home, but with a distinctively new twist. But rather than identify and celebrate these food traditions, the US chooses to structure its policy around Kraft and General Mills and allows its companies to homogenize its culture. The US could develop and celebrate GI's but it won't.

iso1210 5y ago
Florida Orange Juice, Vidalia onions, Idaho potatoes, and of course the "Made In USA" stamp.
- 123pie123 5y ago
  I'm I right in thinking that 'Florida Orange Juice' has to come from Florida? what law would a company be breaking in the US, if say a company used oranges from a different state than Florida and made Orange juice and labeled it 'Florida Orange Juice' because the company used the same type of oranges or the owner was from florida?
  - quesera 5y ago
    But "Florida Orange Juice" is a trademark of the Florida Department of Citrus. This is a state agency tasked with promoting Florida's members of the citrus industry. They created and registered the trademark. Before they started using it, the mark did not exist. They funded ad campaigns to spread the trademark, and they license it at no cost to Florida producers of citrus products. The difference between trademark protection and a PDO is that the PDO seeks to unwind the historical dispersion of language and culture, purportedly for consumer benefit (and certainly there is some benefit) but -- let's be honest -- this is clearly economic protectionism. Edit: "Florida Orange Juice" is also clearly economic protectionism! Californian (and Brazilian) growers are disadvantaged by the active and ongoing efforts of the FL Dept of Citrus. But they have a trademark. My objection to PDOs is that they're often re-fighting battles that were lost hundreds of years ago. Historical revisionism promulgated by economically self-interested groups, backed by governments, with the goal of global enforcement, and sold as consumer protection ... is silly when it fails, and abhorrent when it succeeds. IMO!

iso1210 5y ago

Florida Orange Juice, Vidalia onions, Idaho potatoes, and of course the "Made In USA" stamp.

123pie123 5y ago
I'm I right in thinking that 'Florida Orange Juice' has to come from Florida? what law would a company be breaking in the US, if say a company used oranges from a different state than Florida and made Orange juice and labeled it 'Florida Orange Juice' because the company used the same type of oranges or the owner was from florida?
- quesera 5y ago
  But "Florida Orange Juice" is a trademark of the Florida Department of Citrus. This is a state agency tasked with promoting Florida's members of the citrus industry. They created and registered the trademark. Before they started using it, the mark did not exist. They funded ad campaigns to spread the trademark, and they license it at no cost to Florida producers of citrus products. The difference between trademark protection and a PDO is that the PDO seeks to unwind the historical dispersion of language and culture, purportedly for consumer benefit (and certainly there is some benefit) but -- let's be honest -- this is clearly economic protectionism. Edit: "Florida Orange Juice" is also clearly economic protectionism! Californian (and Brazilian) growers are disadvantaged by the active and ongoing efforts of the FL Dept of Citrus. But they have a trademark. My objection to PDOs is that they're often re-fighting battles that were lost hundreds of years ago. Historical revisionism promulgated by economically self-interested groups, backed by governments, with the goal of global enforcement, and sold as consumer protection ... is silly when it fails, and abhorrent when it succeeds. IMO!