Fergus producer leads charge for Ontario beef industry
Despite our hunger for local food, Ontario is a net importer of beef. But the Beef Farmers of...
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Author: Owen Roberts
As land gets scarce, farmers turn further to new technology
Bigger and taller isn’t always better “ at least when it comes to corn. Height can make corn...
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St. Kitts, Kittitian Hill: visiting a farm with breezy charm
On a memorable Valentine’s Day recently, I whisked my wife away to a working farm unlike any...
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Time to put the joy back in food
The recently revised Canada Food Guide gave two of Ontario’s key agricultural products “ meat...
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Emotions surface when international workers and employers tell their stories
Canadian horticulture producers rely hugely on seasonal agricultural workers from the Caribbean,...
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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.