In all of North America, the only place you can major in organic agriculture is the Ontario Agricultural College. Recently, the program came under fire for low enrolment, and a widely held belief emerged that organic teaching...
Read MoreIt's great to see that at this year's ACE conference in Des Moines, the University of Illinois’ College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and College of Media are hosting a reception in honuor of...
Read MoreI've added Ontario Agricultural College dean Rob Gordon's "Front the Dean's desktop" to my blogroll, now that Rob's become a citizen journalist and is using electronic communications to stay in touch...
Read More…for your support of the University of Guelph SPARK program. The council publishes SPARK research stories on its website, such as today's offering from Ashley Morin on intensive animal housing and air quality research,...
Read MoreA lot of journalists are looking for work. The Poynter Institute, probably the world's best journalism resource online, has published a 10-point list in a column citing why employers should give journalists jobs. Among the...
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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.