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The Food Professor

Michael LeBlanc, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

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Join Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax with host Michael LeBlanc as they look at the hot issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries. We'll discuss proprietary industry and consumer food related research, check out fresh new ideas and talk about half baked strategies. © 2020-2026 M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Episodes (275)

Get Ready for Season Four of The Food Professor Podcast!

The Food Professor

Sep 18, 20231:33pending

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: Isabelle Marquis, Senior Food Strategist & L...

The Food Professor

Sep 7, 202315:09pending

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: Birendra "Jopy" Perera, Marketing Director at...

The Food Professor

Aug 31, 202321:39pending

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: Silvio Serrano, House of Exte

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Aug 24, 202319:28pending

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: Deolinda Silva, Executive Director at Portuga...

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Aug 17, 202316:13pending

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: Santiago Espinosa, CEO Todos Comemos & Retail...

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Aug 10, 202317:50pending

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: U-Luv Cookies Founder Debbie Tartarini

The Food Professor

Aug 3, 202316:56pending

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA

The Food Professor

Jul 27, 202316:32pending

BONUS EPISODE LIVE FROM SIAL 2023: Gurth Pretty, Master of Cheeses

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Jul 20, 202316:31pending

BONUS EPISODE LIVE FROM SIAL 2023: Tracy Bell, Co-founder + CEO, Millennia Tea

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Jul 13, 202318:45pending

BONUS EPISODE: Richard Dillon, CEO of Ivy Farm Technologies Cultivated Meat, Fre...

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Jul 6, 202332:53pending

Parliament's Grocery List, Interactive ShrinkFlation, and guest Felix Cheung, Fo...

The Food Professor

Jun 22, 202347:39pending

The Local Food Paradox, Taxing Joy and Guest Chuck Hughes, Celebrity Chef, Resta...

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Jun 15, 20231:03:54pending

BOC Rate Hike Implications, Baby Formula Fiasco and guest Sheena Russell, CEO, M...

The Food Professor

Jun 8, 202352:42pending

Food Inflation Government Meddling & Aquaculture Controversy in BC with Guests I...

The Food Professor

Jun 1, 202353:40pending

AI & Food, Soulless QR Codes & Spice Queen Shivani Dhamija, Shivani's Kitchen

The Food Professor

May 25, 202341:24pending

Cold War II & Ag Trade, BBQ Season Trends, and Guest Vince Sgabellone, Foodservi...

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May 18, 202340:47pending

Gene Splicing Policy, Backyard Chickens, and our Guest Quebec Minister of Agricu...

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May 11, 202337:53pending

Lab Grown Dairy Heads to Israel, Milk Chasing the Stanley Cup, and our guest Dic...

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May 4, 202352:37pending

Politics & Protein, F-Oatly, and Plant-Based Consumers with Colleen Martin, CRO...

The Food Professor

Apr 27, 202340:03pending

Cloned China Cows, Texas Dairy Goes Boom and Canada's High-Holiday

The Food Professor

Apr 20, 202329:53pending

AI Inflation Cookbook, Bottom Feeders & Katie Hotze, CEO of Grocery Shopii

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Apr 13, 202343:31pending

With Friends Like the Ag Minister, Grocery Perceptions and guest Jake Karls, Co-...

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Apr 6, 202351:16pending

Snack Attack, Hail to Peace By Chocolate, and Barry Murchie, President & CEO, Tr...

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Mar 30, 202347:54pending

Special Dairy Rapporteur, We Scream at Ice Cream, & Susan Krashinsky Robertson,...

The Food Professor

Mar 23, 202353:04pending

Grocery CEO Awards, Brand's Blind Eyes, and Tom Margeson, Superfruit Purée

The Food Professor

Mar 16, 202346:38pending

When Pigs Fly, Eat Just Less, TikTok Foreign Food Influence & Vince Breton, DuBr...

The Food Professor

Mar 9, 202344:43pending

RBI Double Tap, Advice to Parliamentarians, Sleep Cereal & Kristjan Hebert, Hebe...

The Food Professor

Mar 2, 202345:16pending

Ukraine One Year Later, Beer Taxes, RBI Double Double Trouble, and Michael Burge...

The Food Professor

Feb 23, 202344:58pending

Worlds Top Sommelier, Parliamentary Ag Committee Act II, and special guest Miche...

The Food Professor

Feb 16, 202347:36pending

Dairy Dumping Dilemma, Pizzagate, Cash Crunch and our guest Shabnam Weber, Presi...

The Food Professor

Feb 9, 202359:42pending

The Ethics of Stealing Food, Canada's Croissant Game, and Guest Josh Tetrick, CE...

The Food Professor

Jan 26, 202347:14pending

Nobody Here But Us Chickens, 2023 Predictions and Canada's largest farmland owne...

The Food Professor

Jan 12, 202353:02pending

The Top Food Story of 2022, Russian Fertilizer Tariffs, COP15, & Special Guest S...

The Food Professor

Dec 22, 202258:48pending

Food Inflation 2023, Sylvain Testifies and Special Guest Kelly Long, CEO, Noble...

The Food Professor

Dec 8, 202243:41pending

Bonus Episode: Christine Cruz-Clarke, CEO, Balzacs Coffee

The Food Professor

Dec 1, 202216:00pending

Loblaw Scores with Price Freeze, Dairy Farmers Score with the Leafs, Lab-Grown S...

The Food Professor

Nov 24, 202247:58pending

Bonus Episode: Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC

The Food Professor

Nov 21, 202216:10pending

Taking Greeds Measure, Cyber Troubles and Special Guest David Carsley, Head of I...

The Food Professor

Nov 10, 202247:11pending

Price Freeze's Big Week, Big Grocery Merger, and Special Guest Yanick Gervais, O...

The Food Professor

Oct 27, 202248:41pending

Ottawa's price gouging investigation, supply chain task force report and special...

The Food Professor

Oct 13, 202248:16pending

Living in the Eye of the Storm and Special Guest Peter McLaughlin,  President at...

The Food Professor

Sep 29, 202246:36pending

Season Three Premier With Special Guest Tamara Rebanks with the Homegrown Innov...

The Food Professor

Sep 15, 202249:54pending

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Karen Proper...

The Food Professor

Sep 8, 202219:28pending

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meet House of Exte, Premium Ol...

The Food Professor

Sep 1, 202220:33pending

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Paula Deane,...

The Food Professor

Aug 25, 202218:18pending

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meet Patrick Griffin, The OAT...

The Food Professor

Aug 12, 202215:59pending

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meet Laurent Dallaire, CEO Inn...

The Food Professor

Aug 11, 202216:27pending

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meet Isabelle Marquis, Food St...

The Food Professor

Aug 10, 202224:50pending

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Mary Peluso,...

The Food Professor

Aug 2, 202221:51pending