Students in my agricultural communications course and in turf management — the latter of which I co-teach with Anne Douglas and Andrew Douglas — have been engaged in citizen journalism exercises throughout the fall...
Read MoreGuelph MP Frank Valeriote is among those lamenting the failed World Food Summit in Rome last month, except there’s a difference –Â Valeriote saw it crash firsthand, as a summit participant, and a member of the...
Read MoreThe photo below, provided by the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency, tells an increasing familiar story about coyote predation on Ontario farms. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture says the situation is out of control. Several...
Read MoreThe World Food Summit in Rome ended last week with a whimper”even worse than cynics had predicted “ with no concrete, collective commitment to address global hunger. Only vague promises were uttered to cut starvation in half,...
Read MoreWorld hunger is bringing together leaders in Rome this week for a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization food security summit. Director general Jacques Diouf calls world hunger “ the kind that’s now killing a child...
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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.