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Canada’s Looming Ag Crisis, RC Show Redux, Toronto Pizza Crawl, a Visit to the Golden Arches, plus guest Cooper Sleeman, John Sleeman & Son’s Spring Mill Distillery

Podcast: The Food Professor
Published: Mar 12, 2026
Duration seconds: 3461
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Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois welcome Cooper Sleeman, from John Sleeman & Son’s Spring Mill Distillery, to discuss the evolution of Canada’s craft spirits industry and how the Sleeman family legacy inspired a new generation of whisky making. The episode also explores the week’s food and agriculture news, including the Iran war’s oil and diesel price volatility, fertilizer costs and supply, the upcoming increase in the Carney Wholesale Carbon Tax, all adding up to food inflation pressures, plus our impressions of the Restaurants Canada tradeshow, Toronto pizza crawl, and the wisdom of Tommy Norris.