SUBMITTED PHOTO Bill Horan speaks at a recent Agricultural Media Summit in Kentucky. SUBMITTED PHOTO Bill Horan speaks at a recent Agricultural Media Summit in Kentucky. photo courtesy of Mike WilsonIowa farmer...
Read MoreTORONTO STAR Premier Dalton McGuinty attends a pre-election rally and addresses Ontario Liberal candidates and supporters in Toronto Friday. Columnist Owen Roberts says the premier deserves credit for recognizing the democratic...
Read MoreInternships can help young people find a career.In agriculture, one of the most successful internship programs is the nearly 50-year-old initiative led by Growmark, the agricultural co-operative system based in Bloomington,Ill.,...
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Read MoreGUELPH MERCURY Anita Stewart hosts a barbecue in Elora last August. The annual World's Largest BBQ, a national celebration of Canadian food that she started in 2003, was held on the weekend.The fifth annual World's...
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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.