The Eastern Canada Farm Writers Association (ECFWA) is looking for two new board members, and the timing couldn't be better. Being involved in the association over the next few years will bring board members inside the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists' annual congress, which is coming to Guelph and Niagara in September 2011. The camaraderie of the farm writers' organization is second to none, of which there'll be ample evidence when farm writers meet for their annual general meeting in Vineland next week at Rittenhouse Hall, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. Check the website for more details. As ECFWA president Kelly Daynard says, it's a great time to be a farm writer.
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.