Author: Owen Roberts

How the Canadian agri-food sector is handling the Covid-19 pandemic

he impacts of COVID-19 have been felt across all sectors of Canada’s agri-food industry. Fortunately, governments, industry associations and commodity groups have stepped up and are working together and voicing support for continuing trade access on both sides of the border. Our well stocked food shelves are a testament to those efforts … but challenges remain.

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Urban Cowboy

Raising awareness and promoting dialogue about current food and agriculture issues.

OWEN ROBERTS

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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.

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