Comments for Rural Routes

Comment on Agricultural communications diploma opening up to wider audience by Owen

Owen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:10:39 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Kathie.

Comment on The cost of an oasis in the Sonoran Desert by Owen

Owen — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:07:37 +0000

I really like this post. It’s packed with information and brings a Canadian perspective to an unfamiliar situation (at least to southwestern Ontario Canadians) without being too gee-whiz, zealous or judgmental about it.

Comment on Southern Arizona Adventure by Lilian

Lilian — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:46:54 +0000

Nice blog post! You totally just described my vacation last year to Arizona…except we went in August when the average temp was 105F. February would’ve been more pleasant, I think. The Boneyard and the Pima museum were two of my favourite stops.

Comment on Southern Arizona Adventure by Karen & Mark

Karen & Mark — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:05:18 +0000

Can’t imagine why you would go anywhere that there might be snow! Snow has mostly melted here (except for the piles). Sunny today and supposedly for a few days to come. We’re going to check the boat out in Meaford on Monday, hope it wintered OK. We never got the tarp on in the fall. Have fun.

Comment on The Adventure Begins by Karen & Mark

Karen & Mark — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:47:54 +0000

I don’t see Russ in the pool yet! We’ve had a couple of sunny warmer day (above 0) so the snow should be all gone by the time you get back (as long as we don’t get anymore) freezing rain tonight maybe. Hope to hear more.

Comment on The Adventure Begins by Owen

Owen — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:16:08 +0000

Congratulations on making this trip, Kathie. Being able to get away for a month shows not only determination, but also exceptional organizational skills! We’ll look forward to watching your progress. Maybe you can tell us something about the agriculture there.

And if you’re out shopping, you can likely get a great deal on a T-shirt that says Arizona Cardinals – Super Bowl Champions.

Comment on Back to School by Rob Black

Rob Black — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:28:49 +0000

Congratulations on making the effort and moving forward on a dream and goal to participate in this program Kathie. Hopefully going ‘back to school’ wasn’t as scary as you thought it might be and now that you are months in to the program, you will have it fully under control. At least from my perspective it looks like you do.

Keep up the good work!

Comment on Obama’s change government will impact Canadian agriculture by Rob Black

Rob Black — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:24:26 +0000

Thanks for sharing your blog with us… and for this particular blog. Good stuff! As noted above a fine example of citizen journalism.

Comment on Obama’s change government will impact Canadian agriculture by Prof. Roberts

Prof. Roberts — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:03:28 +0000

Great post, Kathi!

You can get away with question leads on a blog, because they’re meant to be much more conversational than a news story.

This is a fine example of citizen journalism.

Comment on Most Canadians support biotechnology, poll shows by Prof. Roberts

Prof. Roberts — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:05:45 +0000

Kathie, I like your graphic here, and the link to the survey at the end. and of course the middle — it’s well developed! I can tell you put a lot of time into this post.

I believe you are trying to build conflict in the lead, correct? You have the right idea…how about this:

A new poll shows that more than 80 per cent of Canadians support research and the use of products and processes that involve biotechnology, but a growing number don’t expect to benefit from biotechnology in their lifetime.