Jim Wadleigh and his group at the Guelph Partnership for Innovation — whose motto is “Connecting technology, money and people in Guelph” — produce a concise must-read weekly technology newsletter called...
Read MoreThe world’s food needs are under the microscope and we hear near-daily pleas from groups such as the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization for greater investment in feeding hungry people. So why are development agencies...
Read MoreCanadian Thanksgiving arrives Monday, a holiday which is distinguished by great food and a day off for many newspapers, including the Guelph Mercury. My Urban Cowboy column normally appears in the paper Monday; instead,...
Read MoreThat’s the word from Jim Rusk, a 1965 graduate from the Ontario Agricultural College who went on to work with CBC Radio and the Globe and Mail. He’s featured in a profile in the latest edition of OAC Alumni News (go...
Read MoreTo feed seven billion people, Canada needs a research-driven. export-oriented agricultural sector. That’s the perspective of Guelph’s Peter Hannam, who looked into the future some 40 years ago, believed Ontario could...
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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.