Top marks to Iowa State University for its progressive approach to local food. I was fortunate to learn about it from Ottawa native Nancy Levandowski, the university’s director of dining. She wanted to introduce local...
Read MoreI’m impressed with the contents and appearance of the new directory of Canadian agricultural associations, called the Agriguide, produced by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council. This online, searchable...
Read MoreLast week, Ontario beef and pork producers got together to publicly plead for government support for an insurance program to protect them from wild swings in the marketplace. They call this program their number one priority,...
Read MoreThe Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow comprises students at agricultural universities in the U.S. and Canada with a particular interest in promoting the agri-food sector. I’m proud to serve as the faculty advisor...
Read MoreCanada’s balance between biodiversity and biotechnology was raised at a news conference of international agriculture ministers I attended recently in Berlin, Germany. The ministerial gathering had been convened by Germany’s...
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Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.