Find yourself on Six Pack’s vest
Japan’s Tsuyoshi Sato (popularly known at IFAJ as Six Pack) always brings his unique spirit and effervescence to an IFAJ congress — as well as a new memorial vest every year, for which he seeks other...
Read MorePosted by Owen Roberts | Oct 11, 2011 | General news
Japan’s Tsuyoshi Sato (popularly known at IFAJ as Six Pack) always brings his unique spirit and effervescence to an IFAJ congress — as well as a new memorial vest every year, for which he seeks other...
Read MorePosted by Owen Roberts | Oct 11, 2011 | Guelph Mercury
The 2011 version of Thanksgiving’s weekend dinner was a lot different than last year’s model, whether you enjoyed it at home or had it served in a restaurant. This year food is, in general, more cherished, more expensive and,...
Read MorePosted by Owen Roberts | Oct 3, 2011 | Guelph Mercury
We’ll vote this week for the people and the party we think will best serve Ontario’s interests for the next five years. Who will those people be? The Liberals and Conservatives are running neck-in-neck, and the NDP is a solid...
Read MorePosted by Owen Roberts | Sep 26, 2011 | General news
Ontario Federation of Agriculture President Bette Jean Crews announced this morning she won’t seek re-election to the president’s position in November, citing a need to concentrate her efforts on her family farm....
Read MorePosted by Owen Roberts | Sep 26, 2011 | Guelph Mercury
I’ve had the pleasure over the past two weeks of co-hosting 260 delegates from 30-plus countries who came to the province for the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists congress. The group had dozens of agri-food...
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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.