What if China develops a local food policy?
For fear of sounding like an opportunist, the recent cloned meat approval in the United States and Europe that I wrote about here recently couldn’t have come at a better time. ...
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Cloned meat doesn’t pass the sniff test
All the talk these days in the agri-food sector, even at the farm level, is about building brands.Recently, Ontario beef producers were told at a meeting that they should be branding their beef more than they do now,...
Read More“Nicheville”: A bold approach to rural development and renewal
Everyone has their own approach to rural development and renewal, and many of them involve finding a niche, so residents there have something to do, or buy or...
Read MoreBison up, wild boar down
Cattle and pigs aren't the only animals found on Canadian farms, but Statistics Canada says some alternative species that gained ground in last couple of decades have lost favour to conventional animals. That said, the...
Read MoreMobilize now or lose ground, farmers told
Farmers are starting to get people's attention. A wide-sweeping awakening is occurring among Canadians that agriculture significantly impacts the things they care about most, that is, health and the environment, as well as...
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OWEN ROBERTS
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.