The phrase "artisan industry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a sector that focuses on handmade or craft-based production, emphasizing quality and traditional techniques.
Example: "The artisan industry has seen a resurgence in recent years, as consumers seek unique, handcrafted products."
Alternatives: "craft industry" or "handmade sector".
Naples and its suburbs have a flourishing artisan industry working coral, pearls, tortoiseshell, leather, and lace.
Unlike modacrylic and other faux furs, which have been mechanized since their inception, animal fur is an artisan industry whose products are still made by hand.
It also has artisan industries and flour mills.
Metallurgy, chemicals, and textiles are major industries; and the region is famous for its artisan industries, especially in Florence, the capital.
"The project will provide an opportunity for the government and the Beninese Development Bank to focus on industrial- and financial-sector issues and policies with a view to encouraging small manufacturing and artisan industries," the bank says.
Today, with the artisan cheese industry booming, the focus is on homegrown cheesemakers.
Many in the artisan cheese industry fear the federal government is taking aim at the use of unpasteurized, or raw, milk in cheesemaking.
Mr. Bernstein said the decline of the artisan bread industry was driven in part by many bakers' reluctance to give away their recipes for breads and other goods.
"If the F.D.A. wanted to shut down the U.S. artisan cheese industry, all they'd have to do is do this environmental surveillance and the odds of finding a pathogen would be pretty great," said Catherine W. Donnelly, co-director of the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese of the University of Vermont, referring to the listeria testing at cheese plants.
But then there's still a need for discovery, which I think is the key to growing the artisan food industry online.
Ten years ago, Starbucks stores were opening on every corner, followed by the burgeoning industry of artisan coffee roasters.
