I’m going to South Africa

Here’s the press release- Press release- Alberta journalist wins 2017 CFWF International Bursary (Ormstown, Quebec) Agricultural reporter Alexis Kienlen has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) International Bursary, sponsored by Monsanto. Kienlen, based in Edmonton, AB, has worked extensively in agriculture, primarily as a staff reporter for the […]

My experience as a 2012 IFAJ Alltech young leader

I decided one post on my experience attending the conference of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) was not sufficient. So you get two posts, gentle readers. Here’s the backstory, my friend Lisa Guenther was the 2011 Young Leader and attended the IFAJ conference last year in Guelph . She was the one who […]

Guest editing the National Post Afterword

This past week, I was the Guest Editor for the Afterword, which is the online books section for the National Post. I wrote four posts which appeared on the website this week. Urban beekeeping This post was well received and ended up on a number of urban beekeeping sites around the world! The second post […]