The province has given AgScape – the organization delivering agricultural education to the classroom – $400,000, to help students better understand the value of our food system to their health and to the province’s economy. It’s a sector with enormous job opportunities, and where all parts of it benefit from better informed consumers. That’s why it’s important for the rest of the sector to step up and give it their financial support, as well. Read more ….
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OWEN ROBERTS
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.