Agro-environmental partnerships facilitate sustainable wine-grape production and assessment
The California wine-grape sector has invested considerable time, money and effort in collective enterprises to reach fellow growers and assess the industry as a whole on sustain-ability. At the same time, California wine-grape production has become increasingly branded by...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2008-05-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v062n04p133 |
| Summary: | The California wine-grape sector has invested considerable time, money and effort
in collective enterprises to reach fellow growers and assess the industry as a whole
on sustain-ability. At the same time, California wine-grape production has become
increasingly branded by particular geographic regions. Premium wine grapes are grown
in regions with high population growth, high land values and often, charged environmental
politics. Growers and their institutions have developed several agro-environmental
partnerships to assess, improve and publicly represent their environmental stewardship
and farming practices. We review trends in several regional and statewide indicators
of sustainability, including crush prices, grape acreage, population growth and pesticide
use. This review is based on 2 years of field research with participants in wine-grape
partnerships, a review of documentary evidence, technical advisory work with the programs
and summary assessment of case study data, as well as an analysis of 10 years of Pesticide
Use Report data for California wine-grape growers. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-0845 2160-8091 |