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Hi! I'm Margaret Evans and I have been a writer/ journalist and author for over 50 years. I have written five non-fiction books and have several other book projects in the works.

Journalism

My experience as a journalist began in the early 1970s. Since then I've written hundreds of articles, opinion editorials and columns for newspapers and magazines on a wide variety of topics.

Talks

The publication of my book Heart of a Hoofbeat led to a multimedia talk on horses. That led to the production of more talks on wildlife, marine life, domestic animals and the challenges of climate change.

Courses

In 2013, I began offering writing courses. Many writers face both excitement and challenges when starting a project. I wanted to share all I have learned to help them successfully publish their work.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, previously known as Spitzbergen, midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. Opened in 2008, the gene bank preserves duplicates of 1,301,387 seed samples representing over 4,000 different species from almost every country in the world with room for millions more. Its purpose is to preserve seed collections as the foundation of future food supplies in the event of the fallout of war, climate change, international crisis, or a global catastrophe. It holds the most diverse collection of crop seeds in the world.

In October 2024, over 20 countries deposited additional seed varieties representing the second-largest multi deposit event since the Vault’s inception. Among many other crops, the deposit included pearl maize and sorghum from first-time contributor Chad, diverse maize and bean varieties from a 400-year-old university in Bolivia and thousands of rice varieties from the Philippines. With so many threats to food production, the global seed vault has greater value than ever.