Without clean water and healthy soil, we’re going to have a hard time feeding the growing population. In this week’s Urban Cowboy, I talk about the way forward, based on discussions I’ve had with University of...
Read MoreSmall grape growers, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the Greenbelt, the provincial government, the two major wine manufacturers in Ontario — they’re all caught up in an ugly battle that’s getting worse in...
Read MoreThe International Federation of Agricultural Journalists is holding its annual congress in Guelph and Niagara Falls in September, 2011. The congress — which hasn’t taken place in Canada since 1967 — has a new...
Read MoreThanks to farms.com interactive media editor Andrew Campbell for alerting me and the student video crew at SPARK to the YouTube Reporters’ Center. Anyone involved in journalism and communications inside or outside of...
Read MoreI was fortunate to be part of a group from the University of Guelph who last week heard outgoing Minister of Research and Innovation Hon. John Wilkinson describe his vision for a research infrastructure designed to get...
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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.