Cheers to Music City, where the action is
Living up to its name as Music City, downtown Nashville has harmonious appeal. At the museums,...
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Author: Owen Roberts
Africa’s farmers need investment…to feed Africa
As the global population expands, the burning question focuses on who will feed the increasingly...
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Swimming pigs: they’re bringing home the bacon
Food market instability can sometimes drive farmers to extreme behaviour…and creativity....
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Montana cattle drive welcomes city slickers
If you remember the ‘City Slickers’ movies with Billy Crystal, you’ll know why I...
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Thanks, Guelph Mercury, for the opportunity
Learning Monday that the Guelph Mercury daily newspaper is closing its doors this Friday, after...
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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.