Today’s Ontario Federation of Agriculture media round-up is the last one for Gary Struthers, who’s retiring after a full career in journalism, communications and farming. Gary was born and raised on a farm in Perth...
Read MoreFarmers are searching for ways to serve the niches that are emerging now with local food — which includes crops and livestock. They’re turning to new and traditional sources for that knowledge, including...
Read MoreToday’s farms.com news Update features a video by SPARK*AIR coordinator Carol Moore, who outlines the five Qs of good colostrum management for calves: quality, quantity, quickness, quantifying failure of passive...
Read MoreHave you seen the new grocery store advertising promotion called Grown Close To Home? I have, and I like it. It’s clever. In the store, it’s remarkably simple, distinguished by bold signage emphasizing the words Grown and...
Read MoreCongratulations to the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association and editor Karen Davidson for the new look and functionality of the website for The Grower, its monthly tabloid newspaper. I like its clean appearance...
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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.