A campaign to save Canada’s six prison farms is the topic of my Urban Cowboy column this week in the Guelph Mercury. Part of the campaign includes a letter-writing exercise, which appears to have prompted a letter to the...
Read MoreIn today’s Urban Cowboy, I’m touching on how animal technologies — cloning, genetic engineering, artificial insemination and embryo transfer — are being developed with the drive towards cheap, affordable...
Read MoreRising income will be farmers’ biggest challenge in attracting concessions from all levels of government. Within days of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture issuing a statement about farmers’ economic struggles...
Read MoreFriday afternoon from the national 4-H annual conference in PEI came an announcement that Ottawa was giving $3 million-plus to the Canadian 4-H Council. That’s great news for 4-H, as well as for the Canadian Young Speakers...
Read MoreThe Ontario Federation of Agriculture is threatening more protests if farmers’ concerns continue being ignored. I write about their grievances in this week’s Urban Cowboy column in the Guelph Mercury. We continue...
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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.