Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
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About Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson is a reporter and writer covering food systems, climate, disinformation, and plastics and the environment for Canada’s National Observer.
His ongoing investigations of the plastic industry in Canada won him a Webster Award's nomination in environmental reporting in 2021. He was also a nominee for a Canadian Association of Journalists's award for his reporting on disinformation.
Marc has previously written for High Country News, the Literary Review of Canada, and other publications on topics exploring relationships between people and their social and physical environments.
He holds an M.A. in journalism from the University of British Columbia and a B.A. in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic.
Ottawa wants your ideas on how to combat food waste
Each year, fields of Canadian produce are plowed under due to cancelled orders. But that may be about to change.
Building a farm — and food security — where a northern highway ends
“There’s this narrative in Prince Rupert that you can’t grow food here because we don’t have a lot of flat land, and whatever is flat is muskeg or bedrock, and it rains all the time,” said Alexie Stephens, program manager in the Skeena region for Ecotrust Canada. “That’s something we want to change.”
How a new organic farming app is trying to weed out paperwork
LiteFarm, a farm management software developed by the University of British Columbia, aims to help organic farmers keep track of data and renew their organic certifications.
Buying food online could become a post-COVID norm, researchers say
About 30 per cent of Canadians have bought groceries online in the past six months, and online food sales have surged since the pandemic started, according to a new study by researchers at Dalhousie University.
How one Indigenous farmer in the north is teaching others to feed the need
Jacob Beaton wouldn’t be a farmer without lettuce. Lots of lettuce.
Claire Kremen wins 2020 Volvo Environment Prize for pollinator research
Forget lions, tigers and bears: For Claire Kremen, winner of the 2020 Volvo Environment Prize, conserving insects is more important.
Feds’ rural internet plan can’t come soon enough for farmers, advocates say
Across B.C.’s Kootenay region, slow internet has left many farmers struggling after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed everything from sales to school online.
Warmer winters mean more freeze-thaw cycles — and more emissions — for Canada's fields
Each September, Ashala Daniel sows her fields with winter rye, hoping the seed takes root before the first snows fall. It’s a ritual that could help save the planet.
Composting teacher adapts classes amid pandemic, worm shortage
Andrea Lucy expected the pandemic would hold challenges, but finding worms wasn’t on her list.
U.S. companies threaten to use CUSMA to fight Canada's plastics ban
A group of more than 60 major American industry associations are trying to stop Canada’s efforts to reduce plastic pollution.