To the things we hold dear, we tend to associate traits that in reality may not necessarily be so. Case in point: local food. Local food is local food, period. Its distinguishing characteristic is that it’s grown close to...
Read MoreDespite yo-yoing global markets, wild swings in weather, and now seven billion mouths to feed, some say these is the best of times for agriculture. But as soon as the words leave their lips, they’re quickly add it’s the...
Read MoreA new initiative called the Rural Voices Network is being launched to give a forum to those who feel disenfranchised from decision makers, and indeed, from each other. The network is being driven by the Federated Women’s...
Read MoreAs fall advances and winter approaches, weeds don’t look like much of a problem. But in Ontario and elsewhere, some of them are developing resistance to the same herbicides that would kill them only a few years ago. The...
Read MoreTalking isn’t the first thing that comes to most people’s minds as a key ingredient for solving world hunger. But to University of Guelph Prof. Evan Fraser, it’s the first step toward creating a society that supports...
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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.