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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2026 · 7 MIN

Food Professor: Here's why a spike in the price of oil will impact your grocery bill

from Weekends with Joanne Vrakas · host CJAD 800

The Food Professor from Dalhousie University, Sylvain Charlebois, joined Jay Farrar to talk about higher fuel prices equalling higher food prices. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, better known as ‘The Food Professor’, is Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University. He joins Weekends with Joanne Vrakas every Saturday at 7:10 a.m. to discuss everything from fluctuations in grocery prices to food trends.

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