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The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) is a non-political, professional association for agricultural journalists in 29 countries. Continue reading From Austria to Australia; IFAJ delegates come together   It’s been almost a year since this blog started – coincidentally around the time I was lucky enough to be able to attend the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) congress in Japan. This year’s event will be hosted jointly by Austria and Slovenia, September 10-14. To get in on the action, neighboring Slovakia is hosting a pre-congress tour September 7-9.
For the first time in 40 years, Canada has been selected to host the annual congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ). The Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF), the official hosting organization, has chosen Ontario as the congress location. The last day of the 2007 CFWF conference kicked off this morning with the organization’s annual meeting. It was a quiet year for CFWF, with the focus for the upcoming years on a new website and working towards hosting IFAJ 2011. National membership continues to hold steady around 300. Owen Roberts and Lilian Schaer gave a [...] Earlier this week, Owen and I gave our first official talk about IFAJ 2011 to the assembly of delegates. Ever since, we’ve been inundated with questions and suggestions by eager farm writers and communicators from around the world keen to experience Canada and all we have to offer. A commodity has been our gold IFAJ 2011 [...] Today and tomorrow we are venturing into the Japanese countryside to meet with farmers and rural businesses. Tonight we will be staying at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese country inn. It promises to be unlike anything we’ve ever [...] Next week I will be part of a lucky group of Canadians fortunate enough to travel to the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) congress in Japan. Although I’ve travelled a lot, I’ve never been to that part of the world before, so I’m excited to see what it will be like. Why am I going? [...] |   | |||||
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