Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Journalist | Vancouver |
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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.
Plant-based meats are on the rise. But are they sustainable?
Vegetables are becoming increasingly common in an unusual place: the grocery store meat aisle.
New B.C. cabinet includes more fisheries oversight, but advocates say it's not enough
Fisheries appear to be taking a more prominent role in B.C. Premier John Horgan’s new cabinet.
Compostable plastic is booming in Canada — but it may still end up in landfills
Bio-based plastics, most of them compostable to some degree, are proliferating across Canada. Yet millions of compostable cups, containers and bags will probably still end up in landfills. It’s a crisis driven, in part, by bad communication.
Corporations are devouring farmland
More than two-thirds of the world’s fields, ranches and orchards are owned by one per cent of its farmers, according to a report released Tuesday.
First Nations reawaken an ancestral practice: agriculture
As a kid, Delbert Good remembers coming home from a day of picking potatoes to find a meal made from the fruits of his family’s garden.
Biggest hurdle for fish harvesters is buying into the industry, study finds
When Nathan Bennett looks at B.C.’s fisheries, he sees problems — and not only those associated with low stocks. He also worries about the people who catch the fish.
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.