All the individual and mechanical efforts to stop or control invasive species won’t amount to much unless they’re accompanied by a coordinated scientific effort. Intelligence can’t stop either the sudden or...
Read MoreScience can get us closer to solutions to problems than throwing pies. As Canada (and the rest of the world) discovered last week after a pie throwing incident in Burlington, Ontario, one pie in the face simply leads to another....
Read MoreIs modern agriculture on the right track? For the most part yes, says Rob Hannam, president of the Synthesis Agri-Food Consulting Network. Rob, pictured below, offered a well-paced and ample presentation on the topic to a full...
Read MoreAbout a third of all Canadian farmers virtually joined hands from coast to coast last week, and unveiled a new Guelph-based organization dedicated to lobbying for agricultural research money. It’s called Farmers for Investment...
Read MoreOntario farmers are demanding compensation for land taken out of production because of protected species legislation. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is leading the charge, claiming varying amounts of farmland will...
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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.