Along with some of my agricultural communications and SPARK students from the University of Guelph, I was fortunate to attend a presentation in Toronto by Syngenta Canada President Jay Bradshaw in which he outlined the value of the agri-food sector — along with the need for research and development — to a Bay Street audience. His address is the topic of my Urban Cowboy column in today’s Guelph Mercury. Jay’s speech is also posted on the Guelph Partnership for Innovation website.
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.