I was fortunate to be part of a group from the University of Guelph who last week heard outgoing Minister of Research and Innovation Hon. John Wilkinson describe his vision for a research infrastructure designed to get...
Read MoreIn this week’s Urban Cowboy column, I’m tying together a new OECD report on the potential for biotechnology with a movement in Canada to unite agricultural policy and health policy. Canada has a unique opportunity...
Read MoreIf you’re a member of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists, your exercise in agricultural citizen journalism can now be listed under the new “blogs” section of the IFAJ website. Just send...
Read MoreThe auto sector gets $10 billion. Forestry gets $1 billion. And pork gets…well, it asked for $800 million because the industry is crashing, but it’s getting nothing from Ottawa other than money for increased...
Read MoreRadio has traditionally been held out as the go-to communications technology for agricultural extension work in underdeveloped countries. Now, a new study is showing the potential for video, too. In central Benin, a study of...
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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.