Ontario Farmer editor John Greig gets invited to a lot of meetings — or at least he did, until recently. Now, he says some farm groups are getting secretive and not communicating with the media. He outlined the ills that...
Read MoreMy opinion piece about how cheap food erodes the entire food system was published recently in the Toronto Star. If you link to it, you'll notice it generated some discussion. If you're interested in keeping the topic...
Read MoreTime to think is often a luxury, but without it, where do big ideas come from?A former publisher of mine used to get big ideas during half-day hikes along railway lines. Sometimes, he'd invite senior staff to join him. He...
Read MoreThis is from a news release from the University of Guelph.* * * The University of Guelph today officially opened the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming, where students of all ages will learn about local organic food...
Read MoreA super group for crop farmers called the Grain Growers of Ontario is in the offing.After one false start a couple of years ago, public discussions about the proposed merger between the province's 29,000 corn, soybeans and...
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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.