Having reached the ripe old age of 13, Project SOY (Soybean Opportunities for Youth) at the University of Guelph has a great legacy and a bright future. The awards associated with the event were announced today and posted in a...
Read MoreMy farm-writing colleague Janet Kanters, communications manager at the Beef Information Centre in Alberta, is one of the featured speakers at the second annual Alberta Women in Agriculture dinner and silent auction. Janet is the...
Read MoreThe George W. Bush administration was often accused of, among other things, muzzling or ignoring science. That criticism was based in part on the then-U.S. president's order — twice upheld — to ban federal...
Read MoreFarmers are sometimes reluctant to talk to the media, for fear of being misunderstood by general assignment reporters trying to sort out complicated agricultural issues. But there are compelling reasons for farmers to be patient...
Read MoreI became acquainted with University of Guelph political studies Arpana Chakravarty when, as a volunteer reporter for The Ontarion, she attended last year's CanACT etiquette dinner and wrote a story for the student newspaper....
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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.