American Origin Products Association Report of Founders Conference October 13, 2012 Fayetteville, Arkansas A copy of the final program for the first national meeting of the American Origin Products Association is available in the AOPA Dropbox.  Producer groups represented at … Continue reading →

The Napa Valley Vintners joins the global alliance of geographical indications The Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network (oriGIn) is glad to announce that the Napa Valley Vintners (NVV), the non-profit trade association representing 430 Napa Valley wineries, has … Continue reading →

From OriGIn TO:  KCFA Dear Members, oriGIn, Insight Consulting and REDD are glad to announce that the Consortium they established has been awarded a contract by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal Market and Services, for a study on … Continue reading →

Please pay special attention to the article “USA: Creation of an association to counter oriGIn”.. click oriGIn Report_ March 2012 to read entire release  

October 14, 2011Colehour Bondera, a Honaunau coffee farmer and President of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association, has been appointed the oriGIn Vice President for North America. oriGIn (Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network) recently appointed a president and nine … Continue reading →

 200 representatives of GI producers some 35 countries gathered in Guadalajara (Mexico), on 29 September, 2011  for the 5th General Assembly of oriGIn and adopted a comprehensive strategy to promote Geographical Indications (GIs) protection at the global level for the … Continue reading →

New, updated, OriGin website www.origin-gi.com December 2009 OriGIn Newsletter

Following a request from the “Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano”, the Court of Cologne ordered the seizure of cheese products from Argentina commercialized under the labels “Parmesano” and “Reggianito”. Those products were exposed at one of the world’s most important Food … Continue reading →