The Food Professor

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. © 2020-2025 M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved.

BBQ Legends, Bureaucracy & Back-to-School with guests Texas Monthly's Daniel Vaughn & Ransom Hawley, CEO of Caddle in the Hot Seat
Jun 12, 2025 – 01:18:56
Vince Sgabellone from Circana Dishes on Dining Trends, Pepper Predicament, and Aluminium, America & Grocery Shopping Trends
Jun 5, 2025 – 00:44:42
Brisket, Buc-ee’s & Big Ideas plus Spilling the Tea Tariff & guest Tonia Jahshan of Sipology Steeps Up Global Growth
May 29, 2025 – 00:54:11
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
May 22, 2025 – 00:53:46
New Liberal Cabinet & Ag Minister, Newfoundland Sugar Tax Fail, Cricket Bankruptcy Bugs Sylvain, and guest Adam Grogan, President & COO, Maple Leaf Foods
May 15, 2025 – 01:02:45
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
May 8, 2025 – 00:57:32
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
May 1, 2025 – 00:59:38
Canada's Missing Agri-Food Election Agenda, RoundUp for Roundup and Jake Karls, Co-Founder & Chief Rainmaker, Mid-Day Squares
Apr 24, 2025 – 00:54:02
Canada’s Food Inflation Spikes, Investors & Innovators with Elysabeth Alfano, CEO of VegTech™ Invest
Apr 17, 2025 – 00:51:19
North American Trade Lawyer Mark Warner on Tariffs, Trade & Trump: A Global Food Fight Begins
Apr 10, 2025 – 00:59:22
Tariffs, Trade, and Terroir: Trump's Liberation Day global earthquake, guest Michelle Wasylyshen, President & CEO, Ontario Craft Wineries
Apr 3, 2025 – 00:49:53
10 Years of Liberal Ag Policy, Body Cams & guest Chef Tuệ Nguyễn
Mar 27, 2025 – 00:53:34
China Tariffs Dramatic Impact, McDonald's Takes Another Run at a Veggie Burger & WeCook's Fresh Meal Revolution with Michel Gagné, CEO
Mar 20, 2025 – 00:52:11
Loblaw T's Off on Trump Tariffs, China and Europe Hit Back Creating Risks & Opportunities, guest Smoke's Poutinerie President & COO Mark Cunningham
Mar 13, 2025 – 01:10:10
Trump Tariff Attack Reality, Grading Canada's Response and Special Guest Industry Icon John Pigott, CEO of Morrison Lamothe
Mar 6, 2025 – 00:58:21
Nova Scotia Breakthrough, Plant-Based Egg's Moment, Buy Canadian Movement, Quebec's Nerve
Feb 27, 2025 – 00:41:50
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
Feb 20, 2025 – 00:58:55
Premiers Milk Run in Washington, Buy Canadian Movement, and guest Karen Proud, President and Adjudicator, Office of the Grocery Sector Code of Conduct
Feb 13, 2025 – 00:55:27
Trump Tariff Turmoil, RFK JR Ag Agenda, Roll Up The Rim Returns & Post-Tariff Future of the Canadian Food Trade
Feb 6, 2025 – 00:48:00
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.
Jan 30, 2025 – 00:53:01
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
Jan 23, 2025 – 00:57:53
The Weight & Measure of Things, Bye Red Dye 3 and the Dukes of New York
Jan 16, 2025 – 00:35:26
2025 Fearless Predictions, Government Shakeup Shakeout, Trump Threats & Canada's Next Moves
Jan 9, 2025 – 00:52:11
The Top 10 Stories That Define Our Food Systems: A Reflection on Canada’s Top Agri-Food Stories of 2024
Dec 19, 2024 – 00:45:49
GST Holiday Havoc, Dynamite T&T U.S. Launch and our guest Paul Jewer, President & CEO, High Liner Foods
Dec 12, 2024 – 00:50:18
Canada's Food Price Report 2025, Farting Cows & guest Gordon Neal of RFINE Biomass Solutions
Dec 5, 2024 – 00:55:28
Canada's "Vibecession" & the GST Holiday Season, Trump's 25% Solution & guest Ed Hoehn, COO, Atomo Beanless Coffee
Nov 28, 2024 – 00:55:00
Monopolies, Mexico, McDonalds & guest Kyle Engelman, Executive Director, Grounds For Health
Nov 21, 2024 – 00:43:35
Trump v2.0 & Ag, COP-Out, Carbon Tax Papers and guest Mitchell Scott, CEO of Cult Food Science
Nov 14, 2024 – 00:51:48
The Return of Trump & What It Means for the Canadian Agri-Food Sector and guest Michael Chadwick, Fidelio
Nov 7, 2024 – 00:43:37
Grocery Competition & Real Estate, Canadian Food Bank Crisis and guest Per Bank, President & CEO, Loblaw Companies Limited
Oct 31, 2024 – 00:50:51
Where's the Beef & Real Consumer Perspectives on Sustainability with Colleen Martin from Caddle
Oct 24, 2024 – 00:48:53
Breakthrough Milk Dumping Study, India Trade Trouble, and our guest Zeeshan Fazal, EDC
Oct 17, 2024 – 00:49:47
Canadian Food Sentiment Index Debut, Thanksgiving Table metrics, St. Hubert gets focussed, and guest Heidi Dutton, CEO of Lovingly Made
Oct 10, 2024 – 00:59:34
Skyrocketing Coffee, U.S. Port Strikes & Canada, A Grocery Legend Retires, special guest Marie-Noëlle Cano, President of CANO Intelligence Collective Inc.
Oct 3, 2024 – 00:40:06
Is Bill C-293 Canada's Vegan Act, More Supply Chain Turmoil, Body Cams and special guest Andrew Andriano, Founder and CEO of Flourish
Sep 26, 2024 – 00:42:43
Quebec Takes on Tipflation, the Party is Over for Tupperware, Canadians Partying Less, guest Maxime Beauchesne from Pâtisserie Michaud
Sep 19, 2024 – 00:47:40
DEI Rollback, Million A Month Foodbank, Exclusive Grocery eCommerce Research guest Colleen Martin from Caddle
Sep 12, 2024 – 00:52:51
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
Sep 5, 2024 – 00:48:53
Sizzling Summer Food Industry News & Special Guest Tony Chapman, Marketing Visionary and host of Chatter That Matters #pod
Aug 29, 2024 – 00:55:08
Top Global Retail Technology Expert Carl Boutet on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode
Aug 22, 2024 – 00:17:38
The Grand Fromage, Cheese Master Gurth Pretty, returns on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode
Aug 15, 2024 – 00:18:43
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
Aug 8, 2024 – 00:22:50
Chef Chuck Hughes is Back on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode
Aug 1, 2024 – 00:19:53
Meet Michi Furuya Chang, EVP, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, FHCP on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode
Jul 25, 2024 – 00:16:32
Meet Guillermo Anderson, St. Brigid's Creamery on a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode
Jul 18, 2024 – 00:16:40
Meet Souriya Otmani, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Canada, a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode
Jul 11, 2024 – 00:14:39
Meet Guy Chartier, CEO of Bee Maid Honey Limited, a Summer SIAL Food Innovation Bonus Episode
Jul 4, 2024 – 00:15:24
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
Jun 27, 2024 – 01:15:22
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
Jun 20, 2024 – 00:58:25