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The Food Professor — 259 episodes

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1

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!

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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.

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

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

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

Get Ready for Season Four of The Food Professor Podcast!

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

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

141

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

142

BONUS EPISODE live from SIAL 2023: ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

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

147

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

148

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

149

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

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

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

155

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

156

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

157

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

158

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

159

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

160

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

161

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

162

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

163

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

164

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

165

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

166

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

167

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

168

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

169

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

170

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

171

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

172

Bonus Episode: Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC

173

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

174

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

175

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

176

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

177

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

178

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

179

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

180

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

181

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

182

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

183

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

184

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

185

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

186

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

187

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

188

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

189

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

190

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

191

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

192

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

193

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

194

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

195

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

196

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

197

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

198

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

199

Live from the Restaurants Canada Trade Show Floor in Toronto

200

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

201

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

202

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

203

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

204

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

205

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

206

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

207

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

208

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

209

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

210

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

211

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

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

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

220

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

221

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

222

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

223

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

224

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

225

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

226

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

227

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

228

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

229

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

230

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

231

Remarkable Grocery Retail with best-selling author Steve Dennis

232

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

233

Calgary Co-op CEO Ken Keelor's winning strategy

234

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