# Restaurant & Dairy Farmer Risks, AI Drive-Thrus & Isabelle Marquis, Co-President of the SIAL Innovation Jury & Gold Award Winner Santiago Stacey, Chief Banana Officer, Ku Na Na!

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Podcast: [The Food Professor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175)
Published: 2026-05-07T08:16:04+00:00
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This week on The Food Professor Podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Sylvain Charlebois sit down live at SIAL Canada 2026 in Montreal with both SIAL Innovation Co-President judge Isabele Marquis and Santiago Stacey, Chief Banana Officer and winner of the innovation gold award. Santiago shares how his new banana beverage Ku Na Na! is transforming rescued bananas into a groundbreaking plant-based beverage. Then, Michael and Sylvain unpack the week’s biggest food and agriculture stories—from restaurant sector pressures and dairy farming harsh realities to regulatory reform, AI in quick-service restaurant drive-throughs, and celebrate the legacy of Mandarin Restaurant founder James Chiu.

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