Before the so-called swine flu broke out, I had a call from agri-marketer Jim Eadie at PigCareers.com wanting to catch me up on new developments in his shop. We couldn't chat until this week, but in the face of global...
Read MoreHomeowners get riled up when rabbits and squirrels visit their gardens. And sure, it's frustrating, putting a lot of work into a project, only to see it devastated by uninvited wild — or sometimes domestic —...
Read MoreAgricultural communications is well represented on the new board of directors of Ontario Agri-Food Education. Lorie Jocius, John Beardsley, Oliver Haan, Lillie Ann Morris and Lisa Thompson are among the board members with...
Read MoreThe Liberals and the Conservatives both stopped by Guelph last week, seeking opinion on agriculture and food, including research and policy priorities. To me, it all starts with farmers being profitable, which is tied to how...
Read MoreThe Eastern Canada Farm Writers Association (ECFWA) is looking for two new board members, and the timing couldn't be better. Being involved in the association over the next few years will bring board members inside the...
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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.