Monthly Archives: December 2009

Great timing by grain farmers for snowy magazine cover

Editor Claire Cowan at the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine rolled the dice with this month’s cover, and picked a winner…no sooner did her magazine hit the streets than it started snowing all over Ontario (and elsewhere in Canada), making the … Continue reading

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Food scientist says so-called junk food OK in moderation

Junk food is a term that doesn’t exist in Prof. Rickey Yada’s vocabulary. But unhealthy diet does. So does single-serving portions. And baked, not fried. Yada, scientific director at the Advanced Foods and Materials Network, told a gathering at a … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Guelph’s agricultural communications graduates

The second cohort of the University of Guelph‘s agricultural communications diploma program graduated Friday, following a field trip to Toronto to drop in on Hill and Knowlton, and then to CBC.  Thanks to Sarah Andrewes for the hospitality at Hill … Continue reading

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