That’s the word from Jim Rusk, a 1965 graduate from the Ontario Agricultural College who went on to work with CBC Radio and the Globe and Mail. He’s featured in a profile in the latest edition of OAC Alumni News (go...
Read MoreTo feed seven billion people, Canada needs a research-driven. export-oriented agricultural sector. That’s the perspective of Guelph’s Peter Hannam, who looked into the future some 40 years ago, believed Ontario could...
Read MoreI was fortunate to be on the tour of Guelph’s Sleeman brewery last week, sponsored by the Guelph Food Technology Centre, which featured a frank discussion by company president John W. Sleeman about the need for quality...
Read MoreThe heat continues for media to drop the term swine flu and use H1N1 instead. In Guelph, MP Frank Valeriote has joined citizen campaigner Gordon Sloan to work on the CBC; in the U.S., secretary of agriculture Tom Vilsack is...
Read MoreClean water delivery, bioenergy, high-quality niche products, health and wellness, land stewardship, food security and food sovereignty — those are among the many demands society places on modern farms. But are farmers...
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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.