Urban Cowboy
Owen Roberts
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Breathe deep and share the road with farmers
As a kid, I spent many days perched precariously on the fender of my friend Randy Burke’s John Deere tractor (his dad’s John Deere, actually), travelling from one field to the next, driving to the nearby village for a break … Continue reading
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We have a lot riding on farmers’ success in 2012
I tell my University of Guelph agricultural communications students that conflict drives the news. And having touched down in 2012, it’s pretty easy to find conflict in agriculture and food. Some of it simmers in social undercurrents, in what we’ve … Continue reading
Women need mentors for farm leadership roles
Farmers where I grew up, near Wallaceburg in southwestern Ontario, had at least one common trait. They proudly proclaimed their name and their male heir on the sides of their barns. A half-century ago, I guess it was a sign … Continue reading
