Canada’s Agri-food Opportunity: The Road to $25 Billion (Protein Industries Canada)

Canada’s Agri-food Opportunity: The Road to $25 Billion takes a deep look into the
opportunity the ingredient manufacturing, food processing and bio-products sector for
Canada. In this trailer, hear more about what’s to come across the next eight episodes.

This podcast is created and produced by Protein Industries Canada, a not-for-profit
organization that invests collaboratively with industry partners to accelerate innovation and the competitiveness of Canada.

Theme music for the podcast is Town Market by Blue Dot Sessions.

Protein Industries Canada CEO Bill Greuel and former Board Chair Frank Hart discuss The Road to $25 Billion and the opportunity on the Canadian horizon in the ingredient manufacturing, food processing and bioproducts sector.

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In this episode, Lucent Bio COO Jason McNamee and Emmertech Managing Partner Kyle Scott discuss accessing capital in the Canadian agri-food sector from the dual perspectives of a company that found success and support through investors, and a venture capital fund that invests ag-tech companies.

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In this episode, Iain Stewart, the retired former President of the National Research Council Canada, joins Protein Industries Canada CEO Bill Greuel to discuss the critical need for innovation in value-added agriculture to support economic growth and resiliency.

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In this episode, guests Marc LePage (Global Advantage Consulting Group) and Matt Holmes (Canadian Chamber of Commerce) join Protein Industries Canada CEO Bill Greuel to discuss Canada’s declining productivity, and the vital role value-added agriculture can play in boosting it.

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In this episode, Chris Bryson, Founder and CEO of New School Foods, joins Jennifer Jannuska, Director of Data and Intellectual Property at Protein Industries Canada, to discuss IP innovation across the value-added sector and share insight into what is needed to increase the success of Canadian companies.

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In this episode, Rick Green, President of RCG Innovations Inc., and Thierry Duvanel, Director of Innovation at Bühler Group, join Protein Industries Canada’s Chief Technology Officer, Meghan Gervais to discuss the critical need for more infrastructure to reach new opportunities in Canada’s ingredient manufacturing, food processing and bioproducts industry.

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In this episode, Chris Davison, President and CEO of Canola Council of Canada, and David Dzisiak, CEO of Botaneco Inc., join Protein Industries Canada CEO Bill Greuel to talk about market development and trade, and the importance of strong trade relationships for Canada’s value-added industry. Digging into key points highlighted through The Road to $25 Billion, this episode explores the opportunity to build on our positive trade balance in commodities by exploring the opportunity to export more ingredients, food and bioproducts.

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In the final episode of this season, Teresa Mastrodicasa, Vice President of Nutrition Policy & Regulatory Affairs at Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada (FHCP), joins Chris Marinangeli, Director of the Centre for Regulatory Research and Innovation at Protein Industries Canada, to discuss Canada’s regulatory environment in the ingredient manufacturing, food processing and bioproducts sector.

This episode explores the challenges Canada’s current regulatory environment faces and how FHCP and Protein Industries Canada are gearing up to meet the growing demand for plant-based protein food and ingredient products.

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