Dr. Sylvain Charlebois - Professor in food distribution and policy Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded.

Known as “The Food Professor”, he is co-host of one of Canada’s top-ranked podcast in management called The Food Professor. His current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. He is one of the world’s most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability. He has authored six books on global food systems. He has also published over 1,000 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic and professional publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.

Here are our Key Learning Objectives for this episode: 1.) Discover the latest insights from a world-renowned food distribution and policy specialist 2.) Hear how we can make informed decisions about the foods we eat daily 3.) Gain an understanding of sustainable and cost-effective food systems