Canadian chicken farmers are rethinking antibiotics
Farmers discovered ages ago that chickens given a small preventative dose of antibiotics grow...
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Category: Toronto Star – The New Farm
Checking in on the neighbourhood beef farmers
As houses and industry come in, farms go out. But some, like the century-old crop and beef...
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Ontario apples in demand for craft cider
Millennials are turning their tastebuds towards Ontario craft cider, driving up demand for local...
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Canadians are falling back in love with eggs: The New Farm
Eggs are rebounding from the bad and undeserved rap they had over cholesterol. Over the past...
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Nectarines are the next big thing in Ontario fruit
When peaches are ripe in Ontario, local fruit stands are crowded with folks who don’t mind the...
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‘Google Earth for vineyards’ helps keep grapevines healthy
Maintaining healthy vineyards requires a lot of time pacing the rows, scouting for insects and...
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Kernza: A crop to really root for
Moisture is an ongoing issue for Canadian prairie farms. Without it, farmers are forced to...
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Checking Canada’s pulse for lentils
Lentils are among Canada’s top homegrown crops. They’re high in protein, inexpensive...
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Hops grown on Ontario farms give craft beers their personality
Craft brewers are feeling the heat from consumers to produce beer with all-local ingredients. And...
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OWEN ROBERTS
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.