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Urban Cowboy with Owen Roberts

This vegan cheese is ready for prime time

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
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Helping society understand new food production technology

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?
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Some take home lessons from Food Day Canada

Some take home lessons from Food Day Canada

In this edition of Urban Cowboy, Owen Roberts underlines the connection between agriculture and society
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Local low-packaging groceries are just a click away starting Monday

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
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Dangers lurk whenever grain is moved – and it’s moved everyday (2 photos)

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
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Saluting the world’s biggest employer, family farming

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
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Toonies, trout and technology (4 photos)

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
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Spilling the beans on local production (6 photos)

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
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Fergus producer leads charge for Ontario beef industry (3 photos)

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
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As land gets scarce, farmers turn further to new technology

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
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