Dr. George Atkins passed away last month at the age of 92, and leaves an incredible legacy with Farm Radio International (formerly the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network). The network helps social- and agronomic farm radio...
Read MoreStudents in my agricultural communications course and in turf management — the latter of which I co-teach with Anne Douglas and Andrew Douglas — have been engaged in citizen journalism exercises throughout the fall...
Read MoreGuelph MP Frank Valeriote is among those lamenting the failed World Food Summit in Rome last month, except there’s a difference –Â Valeriote saw it crash firsthand, as a summit participant, and a member of the...
Read MoreThe photo below, provided by the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency, tells an increasing familiar story about coyote predation on Ontario farms. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture says the situation is out of control. Several...
Read MoreThe World Food Summit in Rome ended last week with a whimper”even worse than cynics had predicted “ with no concrete, collective commitment to address global hunger. Only vague promises were uttered to cut starvation in half,...
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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.