Addressing hunger goes hand in hand with better food production and prosperity. People ” including farmers ” who are hungry or malnourished are less able to fight disease and infection. Farmers in underdeveloped countries need...
Read MoreLately, area residents haven’t needed a long weekend or a camping experience to be close to black bears. Last week, in Milton and then later in Burlington, a 180-kilogram black bear was sighted and ultimately shot and killed...
Read MoreAs last year drew to a close, University of Guelph economics researchers Sylvain Charlebois and Francis Tapon were predicting the 2012 overall price increase in food would be about two per cent. However, Charlebois cautioned at...
Read MoreIf local food is so healthy, why don’t more hospitals serve it? And if we’re so concerned about food security, why aren’t we dedicating more resources to developing reliable, sustainable local food systems? ...
Read More
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.