Monthly Archives: June 2009

Check out YouTube Reporters’ Center

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Owen Roberts

Thanks to farms.com interactive media editor Andrew Campbell for alerting me and the student video crew at SPARK to the YouTube Reporters’ Center. Anyone involved in journalism and communications inside or outside of agriculture will have a hard time tearing … Continue reading →

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Dismantling the silos that inhibit innovation

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Owen Roberts

I was fortunate to be part of a group from the University of Guelph who last week heard outgoing Minister of Research and Innovation Hon. John Wilkinson describe his vision for a research infrastructure designed to get innovators out of … Continue reading →

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Globally linking agriculture, health and biotechnology

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Owen Roberts

In this week’s Urban Cowboy column, I’m tying together a new OECD report on the potential for biotechnology with a  movement in Canada to unite agricultural policy and health policy. Canada has a unique opportunity to bring it all together … Continue reading →

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