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Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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Reporter Vancouver English
food security, Agriculture, fishing, toxins, shell fish industry, farming, climate change
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About Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson is a reporter and writer covering food, climate, plastics and the environment for Canada’s National Observer.

His ongoing investigations of the plastic industry in Canada won him a nomination from the Webster Awards this year in environmental reporting.

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.

Marc's reporting on food security and agriculture is highly valued by farmers and the academics who study agriculture as unique in Canada.

285 Articles

‘As worrying as Big Oil’ — Big Meat fighting to keep beef on the menu at COP27

Lobbyists for Canada's meat and dairy industries are showing up with unprecedented visibility at the COP27 climate conference now underway in Egypt. The industries have at least one representative on the official Canadian delegation, a position that gives easy access to negotiators and closed-door meetings.
Negotiating survival
News | November 10th 2022

Inside the food fight brewing at COP27

A new item is on the menu for the thousands of people gathering this month at COP27, the United Nations' annual climate conference: food. 
Negotiating survival
News | November 8th 2022

More than just a potato field: Farmers face off with developers for Canada’s precious farmland

The struggle to keep farmland off limits for developers is a nationwide problem. Unlike the U.S. and many other countries, Canada doesn't have a national plan to protect farmland.
News | November 2nd 2022

Yukon First Nations are leading the way when it comes to school food

For the past several months, well over a thousand Indigenous children in Yukon schools have had access to something many Canadian students do not — an affordable daily lunch at school. 
News | October 28th 2022

Meet the unlikely Alberta conservative crusader who says we need limits on big investors buying up farmland 

When Alberta MLA Glenn van Dijken tabled a bill last April that would prevent institutional investors from buying up farmland in the province, he knew the move would raise eyebrows. A staunch member of the United Conservative Party and self-proclaimed "free market guy," he was typically loath to regulate a booming industry. 
News | October 26th 2022
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How a controversy over GMOs exposed holes in Canada’s lobbying laws

A controversy over an industry lobbyist's input into draft guidelines for genetically modified organisms has exposed gaping loopholes in Canada's lobbying laws, experts say. 
The Influencers
News | October 17th 2022

Animal rights activists jailed over sit-in protest at hog farm

Amy Soranno will serve her sentence intermittently and be on probation for 12 months.
News | October 12th 2022

Right-wing populist group fined for ads targeting left-leaning politicians

A B.C. organization partially funded by Lululemon founder and billionaire Chip Wilson and closely linked to some of Canada's most prominent right-wing populist Facebook groups has been fined for violating electoral laws, Elections BC has announced.
News | October 7th 2022

Alberta cows — and their burps — spotlight a loophole in Canada’s methane rule

Methane emitted from burps and manure from about 75,000 cows in a massive Brooks, Alta., feedlot is the 11th highest source of the gas nationwide. 
Food Insider
News | October 5th 2022

Investigation reveals Poilievre, populist and pro-natural gas groups spread fertilizer disinformation to whip up outrage against Trudeau

Conservative politicians and advocacy groups linked to Canada's far-right and fossil fuel lobby have been posting erroneous information about the federal government's fertilizer plan, a Canada's National Observer investigation reveals.
The Influencers
News | October 3rd 2022
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