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Urban Cowboy with Owen Roberts
Urban Cowboy with Owen Roberts
This vegan cheese is ready for prime time
Sunday’s Taste of Guelph includes Willow Lake Cheese, developed by University of Guelph students, that Owen Roberts says rocketed from lab to table in just 18 months
Sep 14, 2019 9:00 AM
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Helping society understand new food production technology
Precision agriculture helps farmers be efficient, sustainable and productive, writes Owen Roberts. But does the public know what's going on?
Sep 7, 2019 2:00 PM
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Some take home lessons from Food Day Canada
In this edition of Urban Cowboy, Owen Roberts underlines the connection between agriculture and society
Aug 11, 2019 12:00 PM
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Local low-packaging groceries are just a click away starting Monday
In this edition of Urban Cowboy, Owen Roberts finds Zerocery, a new online grocery service in Guelph dedicated to sustainability
Jul 20, 2019 1:45 PM
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Dangers lurk whenever grain is moved – and it’s moved everyday
(2 photos)
The farm sector supports producer safety during good times and bad, writes Owen Roberts
Jun 8, 2019 2:00 PM
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Saluting the world’s biggest employer, family farming
In this edition of Urban Cowboy, Owen Roberts explains why the United Nations’ Decade of Family Farming impacts everyone
Jun 1, 2019 2:00 PM
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Toonies, trout and technology
(4 photos)
In this edition of Urban Cowboy, Owen Roberts reports on U of G biodiversity students fundraising to help carry out brook trout research at Hanlon Creek
May 15, 2019 2:01 PM
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Spilling the beans on local production
(6 photos)
Entrepreneur Ben Cullen fills a niche with compostable packaging and a transparent value chain, writes Owen Roberts in this edition of Urban Cowboy
Mar 26, 2019 3:30 PM
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Fergus producer leads charge for Ontario beef industry
(3 photos)
In this edition of Urban Cowboy, Joe Hill is determined to make sure beef producers’ voices are heard
Mar 12, 2019 9:30 AM
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As land gets scarce, farmers turn further to new technology
To sustain their businesses, farmers work to conserve the land on which they grow crops and raise livestock, writes Owen Roberts in his latest Urban Cowboy column
Mar 3, 2019 10:00 AM
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