The world’s food needs are under the microscope and we hear near-daily pleas from groups such as the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization for greater investment in feeding hungry people. So why are development agencies...
Read MoreCanadian Thanksgiving arrives Monday, a holiday which is distinguished by great food and a day off for many newspapers, including the Guelph Mercury. My Urban Cowboy column normally appears in the paper Monday; instead,...
Read MoreThat’s the word from Jim Rusk, a 1965 graduate from the Ontario Agricultural College who went on to work with CBC Radio and the Globe and Mail. He’s featured in a profile in the latest edition of OAC Alumni News (go...
Read MoreTo feed seven billion people, Canada needs a research-driven. export-oriented agricultural sector. That’s the perspective of Guelph’s Peter Hannam, who looked into the future some 40 years ago, believed Ontario could...
Read MoreI was fortunate to be on the tour of Guelph’s Sleeman brewery last week, sponsored by the Guelph Food Technology Centre, which featured a frank discussion by company president John W. Sleeman about the need for quality...
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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.