Japan’s Tsuyoshi Sato (popularly known at IFAJ as Six Pack) always brings his unique spirit and effervescence to an IFAJ congress — as well as a new memorial vest every year, for which he seeks other participants’ autographs. If you attended IFAJ 2011, check to see if yours is here, along with mine (maybe yours was on the front).
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.
