Tag Archives: SPARK

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 →

Posted in Guelph Mercury, Students | Tagged agricultural communications, Guelph Mercury, SchoolBox, SPARK, students, University of Guelph, Urban Cowboy | Leave a comment

SPARK*AIR covers “squeaky clean” colostrum for calves

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Owen Roberts

Today’s farms.com news Update features a video by SPARK*AIR coordinator Carol Moore, who outlines the five Qs of good colostrum management for calves: quality, quantity, quickness, quantifying failure of passive transfer, and (well, it’s sort of a Q) making sure … Continue reading →