A year ago, TD Canada Trust issued a report called Canadian Agriculture Begins a New Era. It was an optimistic forecast based significantly on the rise of crop prices, the demand for ethanol and growing markets such as organics,...
Read MoreJunk food and fall fairs always seem to go hand in hand for me. I'm no zealot, but normally I'm fairly careful about what I eat. That said, I line up at fall fairs for things I'd never dream of including in my...
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Photo: Alex Proimos. During this year’s International Federation of Agricultural Journalists...
Read MoreAmericans vote in a general election Tuesday, and barring a last-minute scandal or some other such calamity, they’ll make Illinois Senator Barack Obama...
Read MorePeople certainly care about where their food comes from, given the growing interest in local food and in supporting area farmers.But a new poll shows they've mostly become unconcerned about whether food is genetically...
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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.