Canada’s balance between biodiversity and biotechnology was raised at a news conference of international agriculture ministers I attended recently in Berlin, Germany. The ministerial gathering had been convened by Germany’s...
Read MoreThanks to Guelph videographer Troy Bridgeman for putting together this video of Hockey Town, the song the GMOs wrote in support of the city’s Hockeyville bid. We had a blast. I was out of town when the main part of the...
Read MoreThis article on the home page of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists by Ireland’s Stephen Cadogan, chair of the federation’s communications committee, outlines a major new global award for...
Read MoreFarmers and farm animals are facing a brave, new world — brave, because agriculture is entrusted with feeding an increasingly hungry and growing globe. And new, because farming’s future looks as if it will be based on...
Read MoreOntario has taken to heart farmers’ pleas for an elk hunt. Coyotes, take note — odds are you’re next. The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced that the first modern-era elk hunt will take place in Ontario in...
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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.