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Sasha Chapman

Sasha Chapman is a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and was previously a senior editor at The Walrus.
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Environment

The Case of the Disappearing Fish

July 31, 2019November 11, 2019 - by Sasha Chapman

About 170 million tonnes of fish are caught each year, 46 million tonnes of which winds up wasted. Is it possible to fix this broken food system?

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Film

A Future Without Sharks

October 19, 2018April 6, 2021 - by Sasha Chapman

Rob Stewart’s new documentary will make you want to save the ocean’s top predator

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Photograph by Jon Hayes
Film

All Directions

May 5, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Sasha Chapman

In adapting his books to film, David Bezmozgis occupies two worlds

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Illustration by Sonia Roy
Feature / October 2015

Why Do Canadians Throw Away 6 Million Tonnes of Groceries Every Year?

October 21, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Sasha Chapman

In 2015 I resolved to waste less food. It was harder than I thought

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Environment

Before the Bin

September 2, 2015December 19, 2019 - by Sasha Chapman

Pictures from a six-month food waste experiment

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June 2015 / Society

That Empty Feeling

May 19, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Sasha Chapman

Junk food has no taste—which is why we can’t stop eating it

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Arts & Culture

Not So Super

January 30, 2015June 17, 2020 - by Sasha Chapman

The ugly truth about the millions of Mexican avocados that will be consumed during Sunday’s big football game

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Books

Crossing Borders

January 23, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Sasha Chapman

Bestselling non-fiction author John Vaillant debuts with a novel about immigration, archaeology, and genetically modified food

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Illustration by Tamara Shopsin and Jason Fulford
Feature / January/February 2015

Playing Chicken

January 16, 2015November 11, 2021 - by Sasha Chapman

Antibiotics made modern farming possible. By abusing them, we risk everything

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Environment

Trouble in the Colonies

August 7, 2014February 18, 2022 - by Sasha Chapman

The troubling relationship between pesticide use and rising mortality rates of pollinators

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