The episode features a discussion on Canada's economic outlook and the sugar industry with guest Don Hill, alongside various food-related topics.
This week on The Food Professor Podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois welcome Don Hill, Chairman of Sucro, for a fascinating conversation about Canada's newest sugar refinery, food manufacturing competitiveness, trade, innovation, AI, and the future of the North American sugar industry. Before the interview, we unpack Canada's economic outlook (recession, what recession?) Dalhousie Agi-Food Lab & MNP’s G20 country view on food affordability, runaway tomato inflation & food insecurity, Kingston Baby Formula factory dairy transparency, and we congratulate Metro CEO Eric La Flèche's on his retirement and contribution to grocery retail in Canada
People in this episode
Hosts: Michael LeBlanc, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois
Guest: Don Hill
Topics covered
economic outlook
food manufacturing
sugar industry
food affordability
food insecurity
dairy transparency
tomato inflation
Keywords
recession
sugar refinery
trade
innovation
AI
food insecurity
tomato inflation
baby formula
dairy transparency
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sucro, Dalhousie Agi-Food Lab, MNP, Metro