Members of the Saskatchewan Farm Writers’ Association are skilled communicators with knowledge of the agriculture industry. As members of our organization, they have access to professional development opportunities that ensure they are aware of issues and trends in the agriculture and communications fields.
If you have a communications project or writing assignment, consider contacting the following members:
Adele Buettner
AgriBiz Communications Corp.
Bay 6A – 3602 Taylor Street East
Saskatoon, SK S7H 5H9
306-933-4404
adele@agribiz.ca
www.agribiz.ca
www.agribizcoaching.ca
Raised on a mixed farm near Saskatoon, Adele remains a country girl at heart and a lover of all things agriculture and food. Priding herself on connecting farm to table, for nearly 30 years, she has worked closely with agriculture and food communities across North America and has built a reputable international network of food professionals including food writers, editors, dieticians, chefs, cookbook authors, food photographers, food educators, food media and, of course, farmers. Her company, AgriBiz Communications, works with a wide range of commodity groups, agricultural organizations, and related industries. She is regularly called upon to facilitate meetings and moderate panels, and collaborates with Kevin Hursh to provide media training within the agriculture industry.
As a freelance writer, Adele has contributed to various publications, most recently writing a food column for the Western Producer.
Kevin Hursh, PAg
Hursh Consulting & Communications Inc.
566 Adilman Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7K 7H5
306-933-0138
kevin@hursh.ca
www.hursh.ca
As an agrologist and active grain farmer, Kevin Hursh can bring a practical and informative approach to any writing project. Each year, he is a presenter and/or moderator at various agricultural conferences. Together with Adele Buettner of AgriBiz Communications, Kevin Hursh also conducts media training workshops (both in-person and virtual) to help individuals and groups hone their interview skills.
Tara Mulhern Davidson, PAg
Ponteix, SK S0N 1Z0
306-625-7345
tara_m_davidson@sasktel.net
www.lonesomedoveranch.ca
Self-employed, working on forage, beef, and communications projects and is a freelance writer for many beef and forage organizations and publications. She has a special interest in communicating applied and scientific research to producers as well as developing effective social media content. She writes a regular column and blog for two newspapers.
Dave Yanko
Freelance writer
Virtual Saskatchewan
378 Thain Cres.
Saskatoon, SK S7K 6N7
Land: 306-933-9555
Cell: 306-290-5378
dave@davidyanko.com
www.davidyanko.com
I’m a Saskatoon freelance writer with bachelor degrees in history and journalism and experience in newspapers, communications and advertising. I’ve written on a wide variety of agriculture and other topics but my primary focus in recent years has been potash and potash mining. After 15 years working as a reporter and editor in weekly and daily newspapers in Saskatchewan, I co-founded, wrote and edited an online magazine about our province and later gained experience in communications and advertising through employment at two large agencies in Saskatoon. Freelance writing appeals to me because I enjoy learning and telling stories.
Becky Zimmer
306-203-9628
bexzim@gmail.com
Photography: bzphotos.zenfoliosite.com
Twitter: @bex_zim
LinkedIn: Becky Zimmer
Instagram: @bexzim
Goodreads: Becky Zimmer
Blog: fulltankandtunes.wordpress.com
muckrack.com/becky-zimmer
Becky Zimmer grew up on a farm on the Saskatchewan prairies. From the age of four, Becky remembers wanting to do nothing else but writing and reading. Now as a journalist, Becky enjoys photography, volunteering, covering local events in her rural community not far from where she grew up, and talking about the writing process. Becky has covered agriculture for the last eight years, but has also written about municipal politics for Glacier Media and was a news editor and freelancer for Pattison Media before concentrating on a freelance career. Becky has written about provincial and national government policy changes, mental health, international commodity markets, and agricultural innovations, as well as local sports, civic politics and councils, and editorials. She has traveled extensively throughout Canada and took her first trip to Europe in the summer of 2022.
As a freelancer, she is always looking for new opportunities to work behind the scenes within the writing community and wants to continue traveling the world with her laptop and camera, doing nothing else but exploring and writing about the world. She has been published in The Globe and Mail, Prairies North Magazine, GrainsWest, CBC Saskatchewan, Pattison Media, and Glacier Farm Media but is always open to new opportunities, whether in the news or corporate communications and PR worlds
