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The Food Professor

by Michael LeBlanc, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

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About the show

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.

Latest episodes

Booze Boycott Numbers & Coffee's Canadian Contribution, with guest co-host Steve Dennis and Jason Buechel, CEO, Whole Foods Market and VP, Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores

October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

It's an in-depth conversation with Jason Buechel, CEO of Whole Foods Market and Vice President of Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores, a pick-up of an interview from my Remarkable Retail podcast with Steve Dennis from last fall. Jason shares…
Potash Poker, Super El Niño & Caviar Gets Busted plus Annemarie Swijtink, President & CEO, McDonald's Canada

September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

On Season Seven, Episode Five of The Food Professor Podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois sit down with Annemarie Swijtink, President & CEO of McDonald's Canada, for her very first Canadian podcast interview. Annemarie…
Can Canadian AG Win In Europe, plus AG Gets Some, The Worst is Over and guest Aidan Connolly, President AgriTech Capital

September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

Is artificial intelligence about to transform agriculture more than any other industry? On Season Seven, Episode Four of The Food Professor podcast, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and Michael LeBlanc sit down with Aidan Connolly, President of…
Tariff Whiplash, Rudolph on the Menu, A Bigger Africa & Ag plus Vreshin Nagarajan, Chief Ghee Officer, OG Ghee

September 10, 2026 · 51 min

Everything you thought you knew about ghee is wrong. In this episode of The Food Professor podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois sit down with Vreshin "Vresh" Nagarajan, Founder and Chief Ghee Officer of Vresh Foods, makers…
Rolling Back the Counter-Tariffs, Beef Politics Redux, Retail Crime & Punishment in Vancouver and guest Dave Jones, President & CEO of Bento Sushi

September 3, 2026 · 49 min

Season Seven, Episode 2 of The Food Professor podcast lands its first guest interview, and it's a Canadian food business story three decades in the making. Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois are joined by Dave Jones, President and…
Tariff Turmoil, Where's the Beef (Coming From), and Explosive Poo - We're Back with Season Seven!

August 27, 2026 · 43 min

The Food Professor podcast returns for Season Seven with a no-guest, all-catch-up season premiere. Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois are back on the mic after a summer of live interviews from SIAL, and there is a serious backlog…
Bacon Bites and Big Wins: Cloé Helmond, Co-Founder of Les Brutes du Soya, on Quebec's Soy Opportunity: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode

August 20, 2026 · 17 min

Recorded live on the show floor at SIAL Canada 2026 in Montreal, this Food Professor summer bonus episode features Cloé Helmond, Co-Founder of Les Brutes du Soya, fresh off a first-place win in the Start-up Scale CPG category of SIAL…
From NASA to Your Lasagna: Inside Maia Farms' Award Winning Mushroom Protein with Jason Mackay and Asha Wheeldon: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode

August 13, 2026 · 18 min

Recorded live on the show floor at SIAL Canada in Montreal, this Summer Bonus episode of The Food Professor podcast marks a first: an ingredient company winning the show's startup pitch competition. Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain…