Author: Owen Roberts

Staying healthy just keeps getting more important – ask anyone staring down a waiting line in a hospital emergency ward over the holidays.Illnesses that require hospitalization don’t always stem from poor nutrition, of course…. Image: Southeast AgNET

An advocacy group called the lllinois Farm Families has created a campaign called Year of the Farmer. It wants consumers to know that almost all farms are family owned. Same with Ontario. Corporations supply farms with products like fertilizer and seed. But the suggestion that faming is corporate controlled is a myth. Photo: Illinois Farm Families Program.

Canadian farmers depend on innovations to be as cost efficient as possible. But few of us could name a new farm technology, even though our food supply depends on them. Photo: Bayer.

President Biden’s “moonshot” announcement of 2016 – to reduce cancer deaths by 50 percent over the next 25 years – was reintroduced last Monday. The US Department of Agriculture will have a key role to play in the effort by ensuring the most nutritious foods are available in the school meal programs it oversees.

Agriculture is one of Ontario’s biggest income sources. Premier Ford should focus on urban renewal for more housing, rather than destroying a big part of what funds and feeds the province. Photo: The Environment Journal.