Tag Archives: agricultural communications

We have a lot riding on farmers’ success in 2012

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Owen Roberts

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 →

Posted in Guelph Mercury | Tagged agricultural communications, BMO, Erie Innovation and Commercialization, farmers, food, food banks, Genesus Inc., George Morris Centre, Guelph Mercury, Ontario Association of Food Banks, University of Guelph, Urban Cowboy | Leave a comment

Five quick tips for crisp copy

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Owen Roberts

Crisp copy is the focus of an Eastern Canada Farm Writers’ Association professional development seminar, tomorrow afternoon at Syngenta’s headquarters in Guelph. Top marks to Syngenta internal communications specialist and association president Clare Illingworth and the rest of the very … Continue reading →

Posted in General news | Tagged agricultural communications, ECFWA, journalism, SPARK | 3 Comments

Students build a school, while feds fake a lake

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Owen Roberts

If you’re in the mood for shopping — and what Canadian isn’t, given our soaring debt levels — consider these items: One Lockheed Martin F-35 jet fighter: $148 million. Fake lake media centre, G20 summit: $1.9 million. School in Nicaragua, … Continue reading →