Owen Roberts's Blog – October 2009 Archive (1)

Interest in farming is a great communications opportunity

The world’s food needs are under the microscope and we hear near-daily pleas from groups such as the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization for greater investment in feeding hungry people. So why are development agencies such as USC Canada dedicating scarce resources to hackneyed anti-corporate promotions such as this latest poll?

That’s what I’m pondering in this week’s… Continue

Added by Owen Roberts on October 23, 2009 at 10:51am — 1 Comment

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