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Tariff Whiplash, Rudolph on the Menu, A Bigger Africa & Ag plus Vreshin Nagarajan, Chief Ghee Officer, OG Ghee

2

Rolling Back the Counter-Tariffs, Beef Politics Redux, Retail Crime & Punishment in Vancouver and guest Dave Jones, President & CEO of Bento Sushi

3

Tariff Turmoil, Where's the Beef (Coming From), and Explosive Poo - We're Back with Season Seven!

4

Bacon Bites and Big Wins: Cloé Helmond, Co-Founder of Les Brutes du Soya, on Quebec's Soy Opportunity: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode

5

From NASA to Your Lasagna: Inside Maia Farms' Award Winning Mushroom Protein with Jason Mackay and Asha Wheeldon: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode

6

Zero Proof, Full Flavour: Victoire Guglieri, Founder of Nasdrow, First Prize Seed CPG Category Winner: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode

7

Carlo Stocco, Managing Director North America, and Naïla Bassin, Marketing Leader Canada, Andriani S.p.A., on Bringing Felicia Pasta From Italy to Canadian Shelves: Summer Bonus Episode

8

Martin Lavoie, CEO of Groupe Export Agroalimentaire Québec-Canada: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode

9

Jacques Duhaime, Owner of Duhaime Gourmet, on Building a Global Jam Business from a Quebec Family Orchard: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode

10

Pete Hoekstra, United States Ambassador to Canada, on Trade, Food Security & the Future of Canada-U.S. Trade Relations

11

Canada Top of The Table in Food Inflation, Vancouver Screams at Ice Cream Prices, Meat Delays Costing Consumers, and Vincent Breton, Président chez DuBreton

12

National Food Strategy(ish), Global Issue Alignment from Ireland, Foodtastic(er) and guest Jean-François Archambault, Founder and General Manager of La Tablée des Chefs

13

Axel Schwan, President of Tim Hortons Canada & U.S., and Duncan Fulton, Chief Corporate Officer of Restaurant Brands International, on Defending Canada's Coffee Crown

14

Recession, What Recession, Kingston Baby Formula Factory revelations, Tomato logic & guest Don Hill, Chairman of Sucro

15

American Chicken Invasion, Poultry Supply Management Glitches Prices, Canadian Beef Worries and guest Karen Proud, President & Adjudicator, Canada Grocery Code

16

Who needs 6% Milk, the Tierany of Best Before, U.S. Mushroom Trade Trouble, a world awash in Bourbon and Live from SIAL, Jessica C. Adelman, SVP, Mars Snacking North America

17

Dunkin' Returns, Dairy Dumping No More, Climate Change Recalibration, and guest Kim Furlong, CEO, Retail Council of Canada

18

Restaurant & Dairy Farmer Risks, AI Drive-Thrus & Isabelle Marquis, Co-President of the SIAL Innovation Jury & Gold Award Winner Santiago Stacey, Chief Banana Officer, Ku Na Na!

19

Live from SIAL in Montreal: Sovereign Ag, from Uncertain to UnKibble with our guest Dylan Munro of Spot & Tango

20

Carney’s Trade Avenger Squad, U.S. Beef with Beef & Cracking the Code for Localizing Global QSR Food Trends with Trinh Tham, CEO of the Kevito Group, operator of Chatime and Bake Code

21

Carney’s Majority Moves, the Weight of Grocery Operations and a superstar NFL baker debuts in Montreal, plus guest Michael Graydon, CEO of FHCP

22

FOPL Impact, Sweet Quebec Food Fraud, Kit Kat Caper (to Russia with Love?), and guest Stéphane Thuillier, CEO of SIAL Canada

23

Government Grocers, Mega-Mergers, Cash & Carry Battles, Alberta Whisky and guest Jamie Nelson, President of Pattison Food Group

24

Manitoba Skips The Food Tax, DoorDash Tops Up, Big CPG Investment in Canada and guest Rob Kelly, Chief Commercial Officer, IKEA Canada

25

Carbon Tax Debate Clap Back, Grading the Carney Government 1 Year Later, Butter on the Run and guest Brent Cator, President & Owner of Cardinal Meats

26

Canada’s Looming Ag Crisis, RC Show Redux, Toronto Pizza Crawl, a Visit to the Golden Arches, plus guest Cooper Sleeman, John Sleeman & Son’s Spring Mill Distillery

27

Epic Fury & Carbon Tax Cost Shocks, Canada–India-Australia Trade Bump, Elbows Up Alcohol Anniversary and guest Gavin Schneider, CEO & Co-Founder of Maia Farms

28

Grocery Density, L.A.’s Eggslut in Canada, Nice Cans Scores with NYT and guest Robert Carter, president of the Coffee Association of Canada and Managing Partner at The StratonHunter Group

29

Food Inflation Nation, AI Goes Grocery, Cocoa Crash & Coffee Correction & The Abomination That Is Boneless Chicken Wings

30

Elbows Up Bridge Trouble, Montreal Bagel Heated Rivarly, Dairy Skimming & guest Jason McLinton, President of the Fisheries Council of Canada

31

Trade Talk on the Prairies, Canada's new U.S. Ambassador & Supply Management and How AI Is Rewiring Foodservice with Deborah Matteliano Simeoni, Global Head of Restaurants at Amazon AWS

32

CFIA Cuts, GST Grocery Rebate, Gene-Edited Pork, Amazon’s Grocery Reset and guest Cosimo Mammoliti, Founder & CEO of the Terroni Group

33

Sino Export West Win, What Comes Next for Canadian Ag & Fighting Food Fraud with guest Deleo de Leonardis, CEO Purity-IQ

34

Chocolate, China, Canola, Climate & Consumer Change and guest Suzie Yorke of The Little Cacao Company

35

2026 Restaurant Predictions, D is for Dairy, U.S. Flips the Food Pyramid, and Brewing Change at Scale: Roxanne Joyal, Founder & CEO of &BackCoffee

36

Top 10 Food Stories of 2025 and guests Ryan Koeslag & Janet Krayden, Mushrooms Canada

37

Chicken Supply Turmoil, GST off Food Movement and guest Carman Allison, Vice President NIQ Canada

38

Canada’s Food Price Report 2026 Revealed + Hugo Magnan, President of Groupe MAG, on the Art of Great Canadian Mayo

39

Canada's Food Price Report Sneak Peek, Lefty Farmers, Campbell's Chicken Soup Traitor & guest Ransom Hawley, CEO of Caddle, on How GLP-1 Drugs Are Reshaping Canadians

40

Clone Wars, latest insights from the Canadian Food Sentiment Index and Part 2 of our interview with Michael Medline, Former President & CEO of Empire/Sobeys, on Leadership & Legacy

41

Leading Through Disruption: Michael Medline, (now) former President & CEO of Empire/Sobeys, on Culture, Strategy & Retail Transformation

42

Live from the Coffee Association of Canada Conference with Doug Porter, Chief Economist at BMO

43

Cloned Meat, Coffee & Compound Butter with guest Rob Sengotta, Co-Founder of Von Slick’s Finishing Touch

44

Blue Jays Boost, Food Inflation Blues, Dangerous Doggie Snacks & guest Kiran Mann, CEO of Brar's

45

Canada Climbs in MNP’s new Global Agri-Food Report this World Food Day, China offers up an exit strategy, India back on the export menu, and guest Stephen Mitchell of Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery

46

Wild Blueberry Crisis, Doug Ford's Give & Take, TFWP Ag Sins & The Next Farmland Value Correction with guest Trent Klarenbach

47

Thanksgiving Prices, Iranian Pistachio Recalls, and the Future of "Story" Beef with guest Bryce Lobreau of 8 Acres

48

Solo Dining, Trade Diversification, and Snack Innovation with Kirk Homenick, President of Naturally Homegrown Foods

49

Food Innovation, Tariffs & TikTok Moments and guest James Maitland, CEO of Les Aliments Dainty Foods Inc.

50

Help Wanted? Temporary Foreign Worker Debate & Boldly Delicious Seafood with Charlotte Langley, Founder of Nice Cans

51

Kraft Heinz Shake-Up, Meal Kit Growth, Crown Royal tears & guest Greg Mercer, Investigative Reporter & Author, The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for A Seafood on the Brink

52

Season Six Debut: Elbows Down on Tariffs, the China Conundrum, and Canada’s De Minimis Decisions

53

Brian Choi, CEO of The Food Institute, on Tariffs, Trade & the Future of Food Innovation

54

Pine-Covered Perfection: Moosbrugger’s Dieter Heidegger on Global Austrian Award-Winning Cheese

55

Butter Believe It: Shruti Priya Agarwal & Akshay Kalekar Stir Up the Market with Whipdd

56

Bananas, Business & A Better World: Meet Tamara Al Dip & Yazeed Yasin, Co-Founders of NanaShake, winners of the SIAL Canada CPG pitch competition in Toronto

57

The Bulldog Behind the Brand: Sauce Boss Pierre-Olivier Drouin on Building Quebec's Firebarns

58

Decoding Canada's Culinary Culture with Laura Brehaut, National Post Food Reporter: SIAL Summer Bonus

59

Retail, Riesling, and Relationships: Ed Madronich, President of Flat Rock Cellars on Building a Brand That Lasts

60

Seeds of Change: Keith Currie, President at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, on the Future of Farming: SIAL Summer Bonus

61

From Farm to Gold: Chantal Van Winden’s Camelina Oil Wins SIAL Innovation 2025: Summer Bonus Episode

62

Smokin Jon's BBQ: Summer SIAL Food Innovation Show Bonus Episode

63

BBQ Legends, Bureaucracy & Back-to-School with guests Texas Monthly's Daniel Vaughn & Ransom Hawley, CEO of Caddle in the Hot Seat

64

Vince Sgabellone from Circana Dishes on Dining Trends, Pepper Predicament, and Aluminium, America & Grocery Shopping Trends

65

Brisket, Buc-ee’s & Big Ideas plus Spilling the Tea Tariff & guest Tonia Jahshan of Sipology Steeps Up Global Growth

66

Canada's Food Inflation Crisis, Ag Minister an Animal Farm Fan, Selena Gomez Oreos, and Craft Wine Innovation, Resilience and Opportunity with Dan Sullivan from Rosehall Run Vineyards

67

New Liberal Cabinet & Ag Minister, Newfoundland Sugar Tax Fail, Cricket Bankruptcy Bugs Sylvain, and guest Adam Grogan, President & COO, Maple Leaf Foods

68

Sylvain says "Howdy" to Texas A&M, Canadian Food Sentiment Index No. 2, and from Farm to Global Table: Gilles Froment, International Dairy Federation President and Lactalis Canada SVP

69

Live from SIAL Show in Toronto: Canada’s Post-Election Food Policy, Trade Barriers & Exports and guest Martin Lavoie, President & CEO of Groupe Export Agroalimentaire Québec

70

Canada's Missing Agri-Food Election Agenda, RoundUp for Roundup and Jake Karls, Co-Founder & Chief Rainmaker, Mid-Day Squares

71

Canada’s Food Inflation Spikes, Investors & Innovators with Elysabeth Alfano, CEO of  VegTech™ Invest

72

North American Trade Lawyer Mark Warner on Tariffs, Trade & Trump: A Global Food Fight Begins

73

Tariffs, Trade, and Terroir: Trump's Liberation Day global earthquake, guest Michelle Wasylyshen, President & CEO, Ontario Craft Wineries

74

10 Years of Liberal Ag Policy, Body Cams & guest Chef Tuệ Nguyễn

75

China Tariffs Dramatic Impact, McDonald's Takes Another Run at a Veggie Burger & WeCook's Fresh Meal Revolution with Michel Gagné, CEO

76

Loblaw T's Off on Trump Tariffs, China and Europe Hit Back Creating Risks & Opportunities, guest Smoke's Poutinerie President & COO Mark Cunningham

77

Trump Tariff Attack Reality, Grading Canada's Response and Special Guest Industry Icon John Pigott, CEO of Morrison Lamothe

78

Nova Scotia Breakthrough, Plant-Based Egg's Moment, Buy Canadian Movement, Quebec's Nerve

79

Elon's DOGE Eggs Along Bird Flu, KFC Crosses the Road to Texas, the World Needs Ukranian Ag, & Food Politics & Consumer Trust: A Deep Dive with CHFA's CEO & President Aaron Skelton

80

Premiers Milk Run in Washington, Buy Canadian Movement, and guest Karen Proud, President and Adjudicator, Office of the Grocery Sector Code of Conduct

81

Trump Tariff Turmoil, RFK JR Ag Agenda, Roll Up The Rim Returns & Post-Tariff Future of the Canadian Food Trade

82

Eggflation Shocks Americans, Canada Drags on Ag Competitiveness and live from Texas Chuck Charnichart, aka BBQ rat, owner and pitmaster of Barb's B. Q.

83

Trump Immigration & Ag, the Hidden Secret Behind those CPI Numbers, celebrating the launch of Call Her Daddy's Unwell & guest Nicolas Mulroney, Co-Founder & CEO of Bond Bakery Brands

84

The Weight & Measure of Things, Bye Red Dye 3 and the Dukes of New York

85

2025 Fearless Predictions, Government Shakeup Shakeout, Trump Threats & Canada's Next Moves

86

The Top 10 Stories That Define Our Food Systems: A Reflection on Canada’s Top Agri-Food Stories of 2024

87

GST Holiday Havoc, Dynamite T&T U.S. Launch and our guest Paul Jewer, President & CEO, High Liner Foods

88

Canada's Food Price Report 2025, Farting Cows & guest Gordon Neal of RFINE Biomass Solutions

89

Canada's "Vibecession" & the GST Holiday Season, Trump's 25% Solution & guest Ed Hoehn, COO, Atomo Beanless Coffee

90

Monopolies, Mexico, McDonalds & guest Kyle Engelman, Executive Director, Grounds For Health

91

Trump v2.0 & Ag, COP-Out, Carbon Tax Papers and guest Mitchell Scott, CEO of Cult Food Science

92

The Return of Trump & What It Means for the Canadian Agri-Food Sector and guest Michael Chadwick, Fidelio

93

Grocery Competition & Real Estate, Canadian Food Bank Crisis and guest Per Bank, President & CEO, Loblaw Companies Limited

94

Where's the Beef & Real Consumer Perspectives on Sustainability with Colleen Martin from Caddle

95

Breakthrough Milk Dumping Study, India Trade Trouble, and our guest Zeeshan Fazal, EDC

96

Canadian Food Sentiment Index Debut, Thanksgiving Table metrics, St. Hubert gets focussed, and guest Heidi Dutton, CEO of Lovingly Made

97

Skyrocketing Coffee, U.S. Port Strikes & Canada, A Grocery Legend Retires, special guest Marie-Noëlle Cano, President of CANO Intelligence Collective Inc.

98

Is Bill C-293 Canada's Vegan Act, More Supply Chain Turmoil, Body Cams and special guest Andrew Andriano, Founder and CEO of Flourish

99

Quebec Takes on Tipflation, the Party is Over for Tupperware, Canadians Partying Less, guest Maxime Beauchesne from Pâtisserie Michaud

100

DEI Rollback, Million A Month Foodbank, Exclusive Grocery eCommerce Research guest Colleen Martin from Caddle

101

China Versus Canola, BOC Interest Rate Cut and Your Dinner Plate, End of the NDP-Liberal Alliance and Ag, guest Francois Bouchard, SVP at GS1 Canada

102

Sizzling Summer Food Industry News & Special Guest Tony Chapman, Marketing Visionary and host of Chatter That Matters #pod

103

Top Global Retail Technology Expert Carl Boutet on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

104

The Grand Fromage, Cheese Master Gurth Pretty, returns on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

105

Getting Yourself Into (and out of) A Pickle with Daniel Jurkovic, Co-Owner at Aliments Putters Inc., on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

106

Chef Chuck Hughes is Back on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

107

Meet Michi Furuya Chang, EVP, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, FHCP on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

108

Meet Guillermo Anderson, St. Brigid's Creamery on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

109

Meet Souriya Otmani, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Canada, a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

110

Meet Guy Chartier, CEO of Bee Maid Honey Limited, a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode

111

MNP Agri-Food Power Index Preview, Shatner's Salmon Soliloquy, The Last Timbit, and guests Victor Thomas, President and CEO of the Canada-India Business Council & Colleen Martin, CRO, Caddle

112

Look-Smell-Taste' Initiative, B.C. Salmon Farming Shutdown, The Capital Gains Taxman Commeth for Farmers and guests David Long, CEO, and Cynthia Boulter, COO, from the Greater Vancouver Food Bank

113

EU Tilt Right & Ag, Montreal Terrace Fiasco, Veggie Hot Dog Controversy, and guest Jake Freeze, Managing Director and Part-Owner of Sussex Ice Cream

114

Rate Cut Ripple, Beef with Beef Processing, Strawberry Fields Forever, and guest Isabelle Marquis, SIAL Jury President and Tertulia Brugge's El Gusto's Eugenia Sanchez

115

Ketchup Wars Reduxe, BOC's Interest Rate Pending Decision, Theft Stats and guest Adekambi (Kambi) Laleye, co-founder and CEO of UpTaste, SIAL Technology and Packaging Award Winner

116

Food Inflation hits the brakes, Dairy Avian Flu Mystery Meeting, Loblaw New Strategy, guests SIAL Gold Winners Jennifer Zimmermann and Amy Bronstetter, co-founders of Epic Tofu and Exclusive BBQ research with Colleen Martin from Caddle

117

Live at SIAL in Montreal, Canada's Sad Supply Chain, and our guest Marc Vaucher, Scale AI

118

Florida Bans Lab Meat, Fake China Cooking Oil, Starbucks Troubles and Guest Dr. Tony Walker, Dalhousie University

119

The Philosophy of Boycotts, McDonald's Results Miss & guest Chamali Kodikara, University of Manitoba Ph.d Candidate & IFTSA Board of Directors

120

Food Safety & Affordability Research, Shrinkflation Signage, California Fast Food Wage Impacts & Tanner Townsend, Uncle Bob's Popcorn Kernels

121

Food & the Federal Budget, Breakfast Breakdown and Exclusive Edible Cannabis Research with Colleen Martin, Caddle

122

Stats Canada Food Fight, $ US1.4 Trillion Farm Bill, Rib Robots and guest Ian Lee, Associate Professor at Carleton University | Sprott School

123

New School Food Program Gets The Grade, Olive Oil Squeeze, Avian Flu Dairy and guests James Crosby & Lori King, Crosby Foods

124

Bad Shrimp, Fungus Frustrated Easter Bunny, One Million Canadians on GLP-1s and Guest Chef Charlotte Langley

125

Cattle Futures, Vegas Restaurant Bifurcation, the state of food inflation, Carbon Tax Nation, and special guest Michelin star chef, Irish restauranteur, JP McMahon (R)

126

Where's The Beef (from)?, Did Aldi Even Take the Call, and our first Caddle Rapid Response Survey: Ungraded Mexican Beef on Canadian Shelves

127

Cookie Monster Hates Shrinkflation, Growing Global Obesity, and Global Hunger with guest Paul Hagerman, Canadian Foodgrains Bank

128

Let Them Eat Cake and Corn Flakes, Dynamic Dumpster Fire & Special Guest Colleen Martin, Caddle

129

Let Them Eat Lobster (please), Grocery Shopper New Insights, and guest Ori Cohavi, Co-founder & CTO of Remilk

130

Farmers Fight the Great Divides, Tim Horton's Scores in Seconds, and Free Trade(ish)

131

Testy Testifying, Groundbreaking Remilk Gets Approval, Athletic Brewing Swifty Superbowl and guest Doug Alexander, VP Sustainability and Government Relations, Belmont Food Group

132

Dialling for Discounters, Lessons from European Farmers & guest Top Food Industry Lawyer Glenford Jameson

133

Enjoy Today Discounts, B.C. Chicken Takes Flight, & The Art & Science of Innovation with guest Bettina Hamelin, President and CEO of Ontario Genomics

134

Kingston Chinese Milk Plant exclusive, Celebrating Matty's Emmy & guest Alison Sunstrum, Visionary Ag VC

135

2024 Food Industry Predictions, Relative Danger and our guest, Aeryon Ashlie, Founder and CEO of Aeryon Wellness Support Supplements

136

Special Encore Interview Episode: Guests Isaiah Robinson, Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation, Stephanie Columbo, Canada Research Chair in Aquaculture, & Tim Kennedy, Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

137

Special Encore Interview Episode: Special Guest Sam Zien, aka "Sam The Cooking Guy"

138

Canadian's Food Priorities, Food Fights in Parliament, and guest Kristina Farrell, CEO, Food and Beverage Canada - Aliments et boissons Canada

139

(More) Death by Cantaloupe, McDonald's Cos-play, Fast Food Crime & Punishment, and guest Pierre Petelle, President & CEO, CropLife Canada

140

Bon Cop, Bad Cop28, Inside Canada's Food Price Report '24, guest Alex Green, Chief Experience Officer, Longo's

141

Deadly Balls of Poison, Weight Watchers Got It Wrong, The Death of Irony, Remembering George Cohon and guest Kelly Higginson, President and CEO of Restaurants Canada

142

The Senate Fiddles while Farmers Burn, China Seafood Slave Plants Hit Home, plastic a go-go & guest Vanessa Toperczer, Senior Vice President, IMI International

143

Loblaw Gets Small, Metro Goes Big, Beer Retail Gets Frothey & guest Rick Brown, President of Foodservice at Circana

144

Restaurant Reconning & Renaissance, guest Lisa Richardson, EVP & COO of Canterbury Coffee

145

Beef with the Bank, Farewell to a Poutine Legend, and guest Gordon Bacon, CEO Emeritus at Pulse Canada

146

The Blue Economy, TrickFlation, Canada in a Pickle, and Guest Grocery Legend B.K. Sethi

147

Cannabis 5 Years Later, The Less-Than Mighty Mississippi, Feeding Canadians is a SNAP and Special Guest Chef Ricardo

148

The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Dairy Drama & Special Guest Kirstin Beardsley, CEO at Food Banks Canada

149

Manitoba's Opportunity, Canadians Shift Their Grocery Habits (again), and Special Guest Marie-Eve Fournier, La Presse

150

Ottawa Cost of Living Summit: The Sequel, Gotta Be KD Cancelling Restaurant Reservations, and Ag Tech Entrepreneur Gregg Curwin, President & CEO at Novagevity

151

Behind the Scenes of the Ottawa Grocery Meetings, Ag Trade with India, and The Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine

152

Get Ready for Season Four of The Food Professor Podcast!

153

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: Isabelle Marquis, Senior Food Strategist & Linda Fox, Regional Innovation Director, Canadian Food Innovation Network

154

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: Birendra "Jopy" Perera, Marketing Director at Mlesna Ceylon & Gail Gastelu, Owner, Publisher at The Tea House Times

155

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

156

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

157

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: Santiago Espinosa, CEO Todos Comemos & Retail Guru Carl Boutet

158

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

159

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA

160

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

161

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

162

BONUS EPISODE: Richard Dillon, CEO of Ivy Farm Technologies Cultivated Meat, Fresh From Toronto's Collision Conference

163

Parliament's Grocery List, Interactive ShrinkFlation, and guest Felix Cheung, Founder and CEO of IXON Food Technology

164

The Local Food Paradox, Taxing Joy and Guest Chuck Hughes, Celebrity Chef, Restauranteur, Entrepreneur

165

BOC Rate Hike Implications, Baby Formula Fiasco and guest Sheena Russell, CEO, Made with Local

166

Food Inflation Government Meddling & Aquaculture Controversy in BC with Guests Isaiah Robinson, Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation, Stephanie Columbo, Canada Research Chair in Aquaculture, & Tim Kennedy, Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

167

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

168

Cold War II & Ag Trade, BBQ Season Trends, and Guest Vince Sgabellone, Foodservice Industry Analyst, Circana

169

Gene Splicing Policy, Backyard Chickens, and our Guest Quebec Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food André Lamontagne

170

Lab Grown Dairy Heads to Israel, Milk Chasing the Stanley Cup, and our guest Dickson Delorme aka Quick Dick McDick

171

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

172

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

173

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

174

With Friends Like the Ag Minister, Grocery Perceptions and guest Jake Karls, Co-Founder & Rainmaker of Mid-Day Squares

175

Snack Attack, Hail to Peace By Chocolate, and Barry Murchie, President & CEO, TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture

176

Special Dairy Rapporteur, We Scream at Ice Cream, & Susan Krashinsky Robertson, The Globe & Mail

177

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

178

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

179

RBI Double Tap, Advice to Parliamentarians, Sleep Cereal & Kristjan Hebert, Hebert Grain Ventures

180

Ukraine One Year Later, Beer Taxes, RBI Double Double Trouble, and Michael Burgess, CEO of Nerpy's Hot Sauces & Marinades

181

Worlds Top Sommelier, Parliamentary Ag Committee Act II, and special guest Michelin star chef, Irish restauranteur, JP McMahon

182

Dairy Dumping Dilemma, Pizzagate, Cash Crunch and our guest Shabnam Weber, President of the Tea and Herbal Association of Canada

183

The Ethics of Stealing Food, Canada's Croissant Game, and Guest Josh Tetrick, CEO of Eat Just Inc.

184

Nobody Here But Us Chickens, 2023 Predictions and Canada's largest farmland owner, Robert Andjelic

185

The Top Food Story of 2022, Russian Fertilizer Tariffs, COP15, & Special Guest Sam Zien, aka "Sam The Cooking Guy"

186

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

187

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

188

Loblaw Scores with Price Freeze, Dairy Farmers Score with the Leafs, Lab-Grown Scores FDA Approval and Special Guest Kate Burnett, President, Bridgehead Coffee

189

Bonus Episode: Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC

190

Taking Greeds Measure, Cyber Troubles and Special Guest David Carsley, Head of Industry, Google

191

Price Freeze's Big Week, Big Grocery Merger, and Special Guest Yanick Gervais, Olymel's CEO

192

Ottawa's price gouging investigation, supply chain task force report and special guest Jane Dummer

193

Living in the Eye of the Storm and Special Guest Peter McLaughlin,  President at ANNE of Green Gables Chocolates

194

Season Three Premier With Special Guest Tamara Rebanks with the Homegrown Innovation Challenge

195

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Karen Proper, Sr. Product Developer, Maple Lodge Farms

196

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meet House of Exte, Premium Olive Oils and Balsamic Vinegars

197

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Paula Deane, Director, Corporate Brands Product Development at Metro Inc.

198

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

199

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

200

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

201

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Mary Peluso, Director, Private Label Grocery, Sobeys

202

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Jim Delsnyder, COO, Zoglo's

203

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meet Sylvain Roux, CEO, and Philippe Begin, VP, Dauphinais

204

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Rob Sengotta and Landon Kroeker, Von Slick's Finishing Touch

205

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meet Gurth M. Pretty, SIAL Cheese Ambassador, Lakeview Cheese Galore

206

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Manisha (Mistry) Nagar, Private Brands Product Development Manager - Health & Wellness, Consumables, Baby & Pet, Walmart

207

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meet Natasha Vandenhurk, CEO at Three Farmers Foods

208

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Mike Primucci, Mimi Foods

209

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Shawn Leggett, President/Founder at GroundUP Eco-Ventures

210

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Scott Spencer, Chief Operating Officer at Island Abbey Food Science Ltd.

211

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Pierre-Yves Cote, President of Vivanda Boreal

212

Live at Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards with Darell Jones, President Save-On-Foods, Margaret Hudson, CEO Burnbrae Farms & Friends

213

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Tracy Bell, Co-founder, Millennia TEA

214

Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards Finalist Bonus episode: Meet Paige Wolfe, Peace River Honey

215

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Jacqueline Day, Founder & CEO, Real Treat Kitchen Ltd.

216

Live from the Restaurants Canada Trade Show Floor in Toronto

217

Live from the Montreal SIAL Food Innovation Show: Meera Sunny, Director of Research & Development and Ingredient Sales, CanMar Foods

218

SIAL Honeymoon, Avian Flu Takes Off, Gardening and Garden Analogues, and Trying Stuff with PuraVida [poo-da-vee-da]

219

Federal Budget Missed Opportunities, Exclusive Interview with GURU CEO Carl Goyette, and Trying Stuff with PEI's Superfruit PUREe

220

Stats Can's New Plan, Meat Processors in Quebec Court, our exclusive interview with Lyne Castonguay, President, Dairy, Saputo USA

221

Fertilizer Wars, Food Brands in Russia, Shelflation, our interview with Richard Scofield, President St-Hubert & Trying Stuff with Cowboy Coffee

222

War Comes to the Global Food Supply Chain and Trying Stuff with Viveau

223

Assessing Trade Damage, Inflation Nation, Special Guest Xavier Poncin from SIAL and Trying Stuff with GoGo Quinoa

224

Rating the Health of the Food Supply Chain, Shelflation, Dana McCauley from the Canadian Food Innovation Network, and Good Food For Good on Trying Stuff

225

Supply Pain at the Border, Life on the Grocery Line with Author Adam Kaat, Trying Stuff, featuring Silver Swallow Luxury Kombucha!

226

The Top Food Industry Stories of 2021, plus Trying Stuff featuring JUST Egg

227

Canada's 2022 Food Price Report, Nourish 2022 Food Trend Report, and Trying Stuff with Cracker Barrel Signature Shredded Cheese!

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Misunderstanding Salmon, Special Guest Cory Mintz and his new book The Next Supper, and a super episode of Trying Stuff with Sprague Soups

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The Rising Cost of Dairy, the World on Your Plate and Truffle Pig Chocolate

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Better Food Inflation data with Melanie Morrison, CEO BetterCart Analytics, and Trying Stuff featuring Fressy Bessie Ice Lollies

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Food Sustainability with Cher Mereweather plus Trying Stuff with Zoglo's Incredible

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Fairtrade Canada CEO Julie Francoeur, the global food supply chain and Trying Stuff with Gin & Tonic

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Post-Pandemic Grocery featuring an exclusive interview with Serge Boulanger, SVP Metro

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Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Vice President and Director, Metro’s Corporate Brands, Marie-France Gibson and Paula Deane

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Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Véronique Blanchet, Product Manager at Groupe Biscuits Leclerc Inc

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Season Finale: Part 2 of Our Interview with Diane J. Brisebois, President & CEO Retail Council of Canada

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Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Jenny Longo, Senior Director Private Brands, Culinary Innovation, and Central Kitchen at Longo's

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Talking Sugar, Pork + Population Stats and Part 1 of our interview with Diane J. Brisebois President & CEO, Retail Council of Canada

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Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Stacie Sopinka, VP Own Brands at Sobeys

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At the Tipping Point: Canadian Restaurants, Cannabis Edibles & Part Two of FHCP CEO Michael Graydon Interview

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Drought on the Prairies, Lab Turkey, Regenerative Agriculture and Part 1 of our Interview with Michael Graydon, CEO at Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada

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Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Avijit Bose, Director of Marketing at Reynolds Consumer Products Canada Ltd.

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The COVID-Era Grocery Landscape: From Self-Checkouts to Food Autonomy

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Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Tatiana Bossy, Co-Founder of Maison Le Grand

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Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Kirk Homenick, President of Hardbite Chips

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1st Anniversary episode talking Canadians relationship with Beef, #buttergate v3.0, fair trade and our new Youtube channel!

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Canadian Grand Prix New Products Awards Spotlight: Ahmad Yehya, CEO Nabati Foods

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Remarkable Grocery Retail with best-selling author Steve Dennis

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Understanding the Quebec food industry with Sylvie Cloutier, Présidente-directrice générale chez CTAQ

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Calgary Co-op CEO Ken Keelor's winning strategy

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The Secret Ingredient behind the success of Portland's Voodoo Doughnuts

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Top Chef /Restaurateur Carl Heinrich talks COVID dining trends, coming out the other side, tips included

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Restaurant critic Alexandra Gill dishes on her tradecraft and the future of the industry

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Exploring Canada's retail dairy market with Mark Taylor, President & CEO Lactalis Canada

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We expose "Buttergate", plus Restaurants Canada President & CEO Todd Barclay on how the industry survives to serve again

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How will the Biden Administration impact Canada?

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Starting 2021 where it all begins - on the farm - with the new face of farming, Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel

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Top 10 Food Stories of 2020!

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Behind the scenes of Canada's Food Price Report 2021 with special guest Simon Somogyi, Arrell Chair in the Business of Food at The University of Guelph

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Jo-Ann McArthur, President of Nourish Food Marketing discusses her 2021 Food Trend Report plus we explore domestic food manufacturing and the resiliant food supply chain

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Peter van Stolk, CEO at FoodX Technologies and Spud.com talks grocery eCommerce growth and selling Canadian technology to the word, exploring a Biden White House plus the Clearwater-Mi’kmaq First Nations deal

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Julie Denton, Chief People Officer at Recipe Unlimited and BOD at Restaurants Canada is our guest as we chat Supply Management in dairy and the zen of buying local

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Tareq Hadhad, CEO and Founder of Peace by Chocolate is our special guest, plus pandemic gardening research, Chile food fraud, and remembering Percy Schmeiser

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Senator Rob Black talks about life in the Chamber of Sober Second Thought and agriculture policy, plus food security and restaurants in the next wave of the pandemic and the joy of home gardens

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Margaret Hudson, President at Burnbrae Farms and 2020 Golden Pencil award recipient is our special guest and we talk eggs, California wildfires impact on the food supply in Canada and the second wave

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Meet Cheryl Haskett, Albert Borgo and Lisa Mina, three award winning food entrepreneurs from the 27th Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards

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Lori Nikkel, President of Second Harvest on food rescue & insecurity in the COVID era, plus breaking news research and bottom feeder politics

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Cara Keating, President PepsiCo Foods Canada is our special guest, the end of tipping, impact on foodservice when we work at home, talkin' 'bout my COVID generation

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Jessica Wright from Montpak's Family Fontaine the "All Canadian" category winner and visionary chef Marcus Von Albrecht on the Canadian Grand Prix new product awards 2020!

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Solange Ackrill, Vice President Club Coffee brews up insights on the coffee industry plus titan testimony de-brief, Voila unpacked and research on insect protein and more!

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Exclusive interview with Sarah Joyce, SVP Voila by Sobeys, Canada's newest grocery eCommerce launch

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The hot potatoe of increasing food prices, costs and "gift" of COVID-19 and guest David Marcott from Kantar talks grocery tech trends

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Exclusive Canadian COVID-19 restaurant research, the complicated issue of Hero Pay, pandemic on the farm

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Consumer perspectives on farmgate euthanasia, fixing supply management's shortcomings, increasing cost of food and the Feds support for the Fisheries

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The Canadian Government gets a B+ on Agriculture COVID-19 support, pandemic processing plants, and the joy of gardening!

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Introducing The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and host Michael LeBlanc