The Food Professor
Michael LeBlanc, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois
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)
Rolling Back the Counter-Tariffs, Beef Politics Redux, Retail Crime & Punishment...
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Tariff Turmoil, Where's the Beef (Coming From), and Explosive Poo - We're Back w...
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Bacon Bites and Big Wins: Cloé Helmond, Co-Founder of Les Brutes du Soya, on Que...
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From NASA to Your Lasagna: Inside Maia Farms' Award Winning Mushroom Protein wit...
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Zero Proof, Full Flavour: Victoire Guglieri, Founder of Nasdrow, First Prize See...
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Carlo Stocco, Managing Director North America, and Naïla Bassin, Marketing Leade...
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Martin Lavoie, CEO of Groupe Export Agroalimentaire Québec-Canada: SIAL Summer B...
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Jacques Duhaime, Owner of Duhaime Gourmet, on Building a Global Jam Business fro...
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Pete Hoekstra, United States Ambassador to Canada, on Trade, Food Security & the...
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Canada Top of The Table in Food Inflation, Vancouver Screams at Ice Cream Prices...
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National Food Strategy(ish), Global Issue Alignment from Ireland, Foodtastic(er)...
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Axel Schwan, President of Tim Hortons Canada & U.S., and Duncan Fulton, Chief Co...
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Recession, What Recession, Kingston Baby Formula Factory revelations, Tomato log...
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American Chicken Invasion, Poultry Supply Management Glitches Prices, Canadian B...
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Who needs 6% Milk, the Tierany of Best Before, U.S. Mushroom Trade Trouble, a wo...
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Dunkin' Returns, Dairy Dumping No More, Climate Change Recalibration, and guest...
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Restaurant & Dairy Farmer Risks, AI Drive-Thrus & Isabelle Marquis, Co-President...
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Live from SIAL in Montreal: Sovereign Ag, from Uncertain to UnKibble with our gu...
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Carney’s Trade Avenger Squad, U.S. Beef with Beef & Cracking the Code for Locali...
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Carney’s Majority Moves, the Weight of Grocery Operations and a superstar NFL ba...
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FOPL Impact, Sweet Quebec Food Fraud, Kit Kat Caper (to Russia with Love?), and...
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Government Grocers, Mega-Mergers, Cash & Carry Battles, Alberta Whisky and guest...
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Manitoba Skips The Food Tax, DoorDash Tops Up, Big CPG Investment in Canada and...
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Carbon Tax Debate Clap Back, Grading the Carney Government 1 Year Later, Butter...
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Canada’s Looming Ag Crisis, RC Show Redux, Toronto Pizza Crawl, a Visit to the G...
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Epic Fury & Carbon Tax Cost Shocks, Canada–India-Australia Trade Bump, Elbows U...
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Grocery Density, L.A.’s Eggslut in Canada, Nice Cans Scores with NYT and guest R...
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Food Inflation Nation, AI Goes Grocery, Cocoa Crash & Coffee Correction & The...
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Elbows Up Bridge Trouble, Montreal Bagel Heated Rivarly, Dairy Skimming & guest...
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Trade Talk on the Prairies, Canada's new U.S. Ambassador & Supply Management and...
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CFIA Cuts, GST Grocery Rebate, Gene-Edited Pork, Amazon’s Grocery Reset and gues...
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Sino Export West Win, What Comes Next for Canadian Ag & Fighting Food Fraud with...
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Chocolate, China, Canola, Climate & Consumer Change and guest Suzie Yorke of The...
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2026 Restaurant Predictions, D is for Dairy, U.S. Flips the Food Pyramid, and Br...
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Top 10 Food Stories of 2025 and guests Ryan Koeslag & Janet Krayden, Mushrooms C...
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Chicken Supply Turmoil, GST off Food Movement and guest Carman Allison, Vice Pre...
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Canada’s Food Price Report 2026 Revealed + Hugo Magnan, President of Groupe MAG,...
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Canada's Food Price Report Sneak Peek, Lefty Farmers, Campbell's Chicken Soup Tr...
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Clone Wars, latest insights from the Canadian Food Sentiment Index and Part 2 of...
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Leading Through Disruption: Michael Medline, (now) former President & CEO of Emp...
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Live from the Coffee Association of Canada Conference with Doug Porter, Chief Ec...
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Cloned Meat, Coffee & Compound Butter with guest Rob Sengotta, Co-Founder of Von...
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Blue Jays Boost, Food Inflation Blues, Dangerous Doggie Snacks & guest Kiran Man...
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Canada Climbs in MNP’s new Global Agri-Food Report this World Food Day, China of...
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Wild Blueberry Crisis, Doug Ford's Give & Take, TFWP Ag Sins & The Next Farmland...
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Thanksgiving Prices, Iranian Pistachio Recalls, and the Future of "Story" Beef w...
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Solo Dining, Trade Diversification, and Snack Innovation with Kirk Homenick, Pre...
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Food Innovation, Tariffs & TikTok Moments and guest James Maitland, CEO of Les A...
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Help Wanted? Temporary Foreign Worker Debate & Boldly Delicious Seafood with Cha...
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Kraft Heinz Shake-Up, Meal Kit Growth, Crown Royal tears & guest Greg Mercer, In...
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