Whisked away for a prairie farm weekend
Connecting consumers and farmers has become a new imperative. Research from the Ontario Ministry...
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Author: Owen Roberts
Timing is key for climate change and organic research
Agriculture is changing, becoming increasingly diverse and environmentally conscious. These changes are reflected in two federal funding initiatives announced over the past week in disparate parts of the country (not ours),...
Read MoreResearcher: Break up the hypnotic lure of slot machines
To say the horse-racing industry is up in arms about the planned removal of thousands of slot machines from race tracks is an understatement. It marks a huge change to the industry. For more than a decade, the provincial...
Read MoreReducing hunger and poverty must be a united effort
Addressing hunger goes hand in hand with better food production and prosperity. People ” including farmers ” who are hungry or malnourished are less able to fight disease and infection. Farmers in underdeveloped countries need...
Read MoreBears bad news for rural Ontario, says federation
Lately, area residents haven’t needed a long weekend or a camping experience to be close to black bears. Last week, in Milton and then later in Burlington, a 180-kilogram black bear was sighted and ultimately shot and killed...
Read MoreOWEN ROBERTS
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.