The Food Professor
@FoodProfessor
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University Top-Rated Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-food-professor/id1512660219
The federal government’s recent overhaul of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) for food service has prompted predictable outcry from restaurant operators. But it was the right decision... torontosun.com/opinion/column…
RIP Ozzy Osbourne (1948–2025) — the Prince of Darkness is gone. Fun food fact: In 1982, Ozzy bit the head off a bat on stage…"by accident", he claimed. Rock legend. Absolute chaos. Appetite… questionable.
Sylvain Charlebois: Why depopulation is the food industry’s silent crisis saltwire.com/nova-scotia/ha…
People are lined up at food banks and a shortage of milk. AND yet, according to a study co-authored by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab reveals that over 6 billion litres of milk, worth approximately $6.7 billion, were discarded between…
What a potential Kraft Heinz split could mean for Canada strategyonline.ca/2025/07/22/kra…
Too lazy to cook
Think Canadians are spending less at restaurants? Think again. Both total spending and spending per capita have increased since 2023. Canadians now allocate about 39% of their food budget to dining out. So, if you’re not eating out, someone else certainly is.
Obesity rates in Canada have skyrocketed since the pandemic. @FoodProfessor joined @mtlgal to explain why: iheart.com/podcast/962-we…
La place de la science en agriculture, on en jase dans ce balado lvatv.ca/2025/07/21/la-… @VigilOGM @coordinationrur @FNSEA @FoodProfessor @vbreton @PascalBerube @E_Duhaime @monsefderraji @miguelouellette @daniel_germain @wirtzbill @mathieusanterre @ProdGrainsQC
Keep writing and educating Canadians Food Professor. Thank you. 😊
X followers are clearly not impressed. Either hire Canadians or shut your doors.
Many restaurants warn they may be forced to close due to new federal rules that reduce temporary foreign workers’ permits from two years to one and cut the staff cap from 20% to 10%. One operator says he’s losing most of his kitchen team by year-end. But it raises a broader…
I worked a stint at a food meal delivery company in Montreal, and its workers were 99 percent not Canadian. I think it's the latter. "But it raises a broader question: Do we simply have too many restaurants, or are they not paying enough to attract local talent?"
Many restaurants warn they may be forced to close due to new federal rules that reduce temporary foreign workers’ permits from two years to one and cut the staff cap from 20% to 10%. One operator says he’s losing most of his kitchen team by year-end. But it raises a broader…
That is a really good question.
Many restaurants warn they may be forced to close due to new federal rules that reduce temporary foreign workers’ permits from two years to one and cut the staff cap from 20% to 10%. One operator says he’s losing most of his kitchen team by year-end. But it raises a broader…