About this episode

The episode features a discussion on food recovery, security, and education with guest Jean-François Archambault, highlighting his organization's impact and various food-related policies in Canada.

Recorded live at SIAL Montreal, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois welcome Jean-François Archambault, Founder and General Manager of La Tablée des Chefs, for an inspiring discussion about food recovery, food security, and food education. Jean-François shares how his organization has transformed surplus food into more than 26 million meals while empowering nearly 100,000 youth through culinary education. The episode also covers Canada's food strategy, competition policy, food waste, energy drink regulations, the return of frozen juice concentrate, and Foodtastic's continued expansion.

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