I smoked cigarettes for one day in my life, when I was 16. Fortunately for me, I mixed them with room temperature Old Vienna, turned green, and swore off cigarettes forever.Some people aren't so lucky.Take my dad. He was a...
Read MoreAlthough gas prices are hiking up the cost of commuting, they're not deterring some people from pursuing their dreams of living in the country and being farmers.To them, a small-town real estate service that's eyeing...
Read MoreIn the eyes of Ontario farmers, Premier Dalton McGuinty is waffling a bit on his commitment to biofuels. It's making them edgy, not to mention confused.Here's why. Since the early days of biofuel development, the premier...
Read MoreThe new "Growing Forward" provincial-federal program, created to give farmers and food processors more ways to advance the sector, is well poised to live up to its name.At $1.3 billion over five years —...
Read MoreSigns are everywhere that consumers want more local food. Besides Ontario recently putting money into a plan to support homegrown and buy-local initiatives, two...
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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.