Kiss a spaghetti farmer today
Heard of World Pasta Day? I hadn’t, or at least I hadn’t remembered hearing about it, until I received what is destined to become an award-winning...
Read MoreMonth: October 2007
Job creation, local food in new Ontario rural platform
A new provincial government, even if it’s simply a new version of an old government, must have a certain blank-slate characteristic about it. It’s...
Read MoreLiberals will have their hands full with farm issues
Ontario's election results suggest there's agreement among farmers, and many others, that the status quo is just fine.The governing Liberals have been returned, along with the former cabinet minister for agriculture,...
Read MoreFarmers fed and watered for election ’07
It’s a beautiful late September afternoon near Picton in glorious Prince Edward County, and I’m among more than 100 members of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation participating in regional agricultural tours, as...
Read MoreCarving out a spot for small farmers
When accomplished chef and restauranteur Yasser Qahawish of Guelph finally found a reliable and fairly local white asparagus supplier, his clientele was...
Read MoreOWEN ROBERTS
Owen Roberts is an agricultural journalist and communications instructor based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is a trustee on the Global Foundation for Agricultural Journalism and an associate editor (communications) for the Journal of Agromedicine. Previously, Owen was president of the International Forum for Agricultural Journalists, an agricultural communications faculty member at the University of Illinois, and research communications director at the University of Guelph. His programs and research papers have been recognized through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence and the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation.