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The Food Professor

The Food Professor

Michael LeBlanc, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois · Michael LeBlanc

280 episodesEN

Show overview

The Food Professor has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 280 episodes, alongside 67 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 200 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 6th season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 31 min and 55 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 39 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Michael LeBlanc.

Episodes
280
Running
2020–2026 · 6y
Median length
47 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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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Wild Fork Gets the Fork, Boycott Math, New PQ Government & AG and guests Vicky Trépanier, President, and Jean-François Théorêt, Master Distiller, WfE Distillery

Oct 8, 20261h 12m

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

Oct 1, 20261h 13m

Potash Poker, Super El Niño & Caviar Gets Busted plus Annemarie Swijtink, President & CEO, McDonald's Canada

Sep 24, 20261h 2m

Can Canadian AG Win In Europe, plus AG Gets Some, The Worst is Over and guest Aidan Connolly, President AgriTech Capital

Sep 17, 20261h 1m

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

Sep 10, 202651 min

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

Sep 3, 202649 min

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

Aug 27, 202643 min

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

Aug 20, 202617 min

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

Aug 13, 202617 min

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

Aug 6, 202616 min

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

Jul 30, 202618 min

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

Jul 23, 202633 min

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

Jul 16, 202616 min

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

Jul 2, 202656 min

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

Jun 25, 202651 min

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

Jun 18, 20261h 2m

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

Jun 11, 202659 min

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

Jun 4, 202654 min

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

May 28, 202650 min

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

May 21, 20261h 7m
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