Keep calm and carry on, wave two crashes into Quebec and Ontario - and why is it paper towels first?!?!?!? Is the food supply safe - should we panic should we be worried? How are retailers and the supply chain getting ready? News doesn't get any better for bars and restaurants - here Ontario medical director says just close them....but Restaurants Canada says 86% of Canadians don't want restaurants shut down...and are asking for U.K. style incentives Special Guest: Senator Robert Black Grocery Bill getting bigger? Insights coming out of the work towards the latest Canada Food Price report in December? Almost ready for harvest - Sneak Peek - next up in the Agri-Food Analytics Lab research: home gardening
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 10, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!
Keep calm and carry on, wave two crashes into Quebec and Ontario - and why is it paper towels first?!?!?!? Is the food supply safe - should we panic should we be worried? How are retailers and the supply chain getting ready? https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/a-good-citizens-guide-to-preparing-for-the-second-wave/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1600978926
News doesn't get any better for bars and restaurants - here Ontario medical director says just close them: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/restaurants-bars-and-gyms-are-really-out-of-the-question-right-now-emergency-physician~2043052. ....but Restaurants Canada says 86% of Canadians don't want restaurants shut down...and are asking for U.K. style incentives
Special Guest: Senator Robert Black https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/black-robert/
What is it like to testify - 8x - do they ask the tough questions? Liked the point why political, they have a much longer lens so they can be much more substantive and avoid what we witnessed in the "hero pay" testimony by the big Canadian grocers
Grocery Bill getting bigger? Insights coming out of the work towards the latest Canada Food Price report in December?
Almost ready for harvest - Sneak Peek - next up in the Agri-Food Analytics Lab research: home gardening
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Thanks to Senator Rob Black for being our guest on this episode of The Food Professor podcast!
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