Food has become a municipal issue in Guelph. About 100 people turned up for a pre-election forum on food issues a few weeks ago, prompting incumbent mayor Karen Farbridge to predict it will be an agenda item for the next city...
Read MoreEvidence is growing that the local food movement is picking up steam. According to the province, a recent Environics study shows 80 per cent of Ontarians say ensuring a local food source is very important to them. If you trust...
Read MoreThanksgiving’s eminent arrival (in Canada) gives us reason to consider the origins of the food on our plates, and recognize those who put it there. Sometimes it’s a farmer down the road or down the highway, and sometimes...
Read MoreI had the pleasure of speaking with Campbell Company of Canada president Philip Donne last week at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre about innovation and how his company, which produces millions of cans of soup, is...
Read MoreOntario’s Endangered Species Act is well-intentioned but needs some fine tuning, according to separate reports and statements from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the George Morris Centre. The federation is...
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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.