To me, local food has met its perfect pairing with a new two-year pilot program to bring Ontario wines to farmers markets. Starting immediately, the best wines produced in Ontario will be sold at farmers’ markets across the...
Read MorePeople dump on the media when things are reported incorrectly. That’s understandable. Despite deadline pressures, journalists are supposed to get things right. They go with what they know to be right at the time. That may...
Read MoreOne night, unfortunately in a dream, Eric Clapton and I were onstage somewhere, jamming 12-bar blues, Chicago-style. Of course, he was playing lead guitar. After a bit, he gave me the head nod universally understood by musicians...
Read MoreI’m pleased to report that at the IFAJ annual meeting in Sweden I was elected vice-president of the organization, making me the first Canadian to hold this post. I’m very proud of that fact, and proud to be part of...
Read MoreI appreciate the interest that’s being generated in this year’s International Federation of Agricultural Journalists’ presidium election. The presidium, the four-person body entrusted with the day-to-day operations of 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.