{"podcast":{"title":"The Food Professor","slug":"the-food-professor-1242175","podcast_index_feed_id":1242175,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Hox9Oi2V","website_url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7052712a-5e8d-4859-ad44-dbe25616454f/ae8c6be8-872f-457e-8237-2cc070842511/3000x3000/food-20professor-20concepts-20final-20copy-20high-20res.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Michael LeBlanc","episode_count":267,"summary":"Join Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax with host Michael LeBlanc as they look at the hot issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries. We'll discuss proprietary industry and consumer food related research, check out fresh new ideas and talk about half baked strategies. © 2020-2026 M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T16:20:35.449097+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175"},"episode":{"title":"Epic Fury & Carbon Tax Cost Shocks,  Canada–India-Australia Trade Bump, Elbows Up Alcohol Anniversary and guest Gavin Schneider, CEO & Co-Founder of Maia Farms","slug":"epic-fury-carbon-tax-cost-shocks-canada-india-australia-trade-bump-elbows-up-alcohol-anniversary-and-guest-gavin-schneider-ceo-co-founder-of-maia-farms","published_at":"2026-03-05T08:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/epic-fury-carbon-tax-cost-shocks-canada-india-australia-trade-bump-elbows-up-alcohol-anniversary-and-guest-gavin-schneider-ceo-co-founder-of-maia-farms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175","url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com/episodes/iran-war-industrial-carbon-tax-food-cost-shocks-canadaindia-australia-trade-relations-bump-elbows-up-alcohol-anniversary-and-guest-gavin-schneider-ceo-co-founder-of-maia-farms-dL05qKx3","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/34a41864-7f8f-466e-bd73-c7c06de4d535/4ffff844-94ca-4fef-a148-428c21b081f6/episodes/audio/group/4a4979ec-05b0-4b9a-b03a-fa875e644da5/group-item/e2d27208-1abd-4f12-b671-a1d74120fa6e/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Hox9Oi2V","summary":"Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois open the episode with the food and agriculture news of the week, unpacking Middle East tensions and their potential impact on oil prices and food inflation, Canada’s renewed trade outreach to India and China, a new Ontario–Nova Scotia agreement easing alcohol trade, the one-year anniversary of American wine and spirits being pulled from Canadian shelves, and research on front-of-package nutrition labelling and public health. They then welcome Gavin Schneider, CEO & Co-Founder of Maia Farms, to discuss mushroom-based proteins, scaling fermentation technology, and the future of alternative protein ingredients.","meta_description":"Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois open the episode with the food and agriculture news of the week, unpacking Middle East tensions and their poten…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3305,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-food-professor-1242175/episodes/epic-fury-carbon-tax-cost-shocks-canada-india-australia-trade-bump-elbows-up-alcohol-anniversary-and-guest-gavin-schneider-ceo-co-founder-of-maia-farms/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/epic-fury-carbon-tax-cost-shocks-canada-india-australia-trade-bump-elbows-up-alcohol-anniversary-and-guest-gavin-schneider-ceo-co-founder-of-maia-farms.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}