Social media means people have more freedom to say whatever they please about anything they like (as long as they don’t libel or slander anyone). And though social media can be a valuable tool, and one crucial to modern...
Read MoreDespite the Canadian government’s optimism about agriculture in our country, some Ontario grain producers, as well as farmers south of the border, disagree with the sunny financial outlook. That’s particularly true in the...
Read MoreOntario’s grain farmers recently announced that they want to see one million acres of self-sustaining pollinator habitat identified and preserved by 2018. The million-acre proclamation is contained in the Ontario...
Read MoreCanada is starving for farm labour. It’s simply unavailable, so many farmers, processors and others have turned to foreign workers, who have entered the country legally through federally and provincially sponsored worker...
Read MoreOntario farmers know the province is serious about their role in environmental accountability, with the recent release of Ontario’s Climate Change Discussion Paper 2015 and legislation to protect the Great Lakes. Both pay...
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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.