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

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The Food Professor
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Jun 4, 2026
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Summary

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