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129
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Aug 2026
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Produce Talks, brought to you by the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA), is where industry leaders come together to share insights, experiences, and fresh perspectives on the world of produce. Each episode features in-depth conversations with growers, retailers, innovators, and experts across the supply chain, exploring the issues, opportunities, and stories shaping our sector. Whether you’re in the field, the warehouse, the store, or the boardroom, Produce Talks helps you stay informed, inspired, and connected to the future of fresh.
In this episode of Produce Talks podcast featuring a CPMA 2026 Learning Lounge session, Crystal MacKay of Loft 32 (moderator); Andrew George, EarthFresh Farms; Randi Church, Windset Farms and Amanda Knauff, Taylor Farms explore the development of personal brand, its significance in your professional path and how to identify and fix any pitfalls along the way.
With the continuing undercurrent of consumer concerns around product origin, cost, and more, retailers need to find the balance between maintaining the product availability (and price) Canadians expect and adjusting to shifting trade realities. Add to this a supply chain with a new Code of Conduct, and challenges in production costs that also impact product availability. So what is at the forefront of Canadian procurement focus? In this episode of Produce Talks podcast, a panel featuring Canadian retailers discuss what 2026 and beyond, looks like in stores.
This episode features a CPMA 2026 Learning Lounge session where industry leaders explored the use of AI in Agriculture, opportunities and the potential pitfalls. Moderator : Steve Roosdahl – BC Fresh Speakers : Stewart Lepage – Oppy, Justine Taylor – Topline Farms, Mike Meinhardt – Clarifresh, Tim Raiswell – Oxrow.ai, Alexandre Carvalho – BloomIQ
This episode from a CPMA 2026 business session features a panel of growers, retailers, and food rescue innovators who break down practical strategies to reduce Canada’s food loss and waste. Tune in to learn more about how addressing logistics, economic incentives, surplus produce, and new supply chain survey initiatives could help tackle the complexities of food loss and waste.
In this episode of the CPMA Produce Talks podcast, Sue Lewis, CPMA’s VP of Marketing & Events, interviews Canadian food influencers Christopher Rivest, dietitian Desiree Nielsen, and home economist Mairlyn Smith on how they inspire their audiences to eat more fruits and vegetables.
In this episode of CPMA Produce Talks, host Daniel Duguay, Senior Director, Sustainability at CPMA, speaks with Edmund Chin, Managing Director and Co-founder of Lucid Corp, about how design thinking is transforming the way innovative packaging is developed, designed, and ultimately adopted across the fresh produce supply chain.
In this episode, Sue Lewis, Vice President of Marketing at CPMA, and Registered Dietitian, Veronica Rouse, discuss the key role fruits and vegetables play in enhancing overall health. Key highlights include: • The biggest barriers to eating more fruits and vegetables — and tips and tricks to help consumers to overcome them • The latest trends in consuming fruits and vegetables • How the produce industry can better support those trends
The fresh produce supply chain has always been driven by innovation. Whether an organization is involved in primary production, wholesale, retail, big or small, innovation is at the heart of competitiveness as all strive to provide the consumer with products they want to buy again. In this episode, Denise Venderveen (Clean Works), Amanda Wilder (Provision Analytics) and Francois R.-Moisan (Sollum Technologies) discuss current and future innovations influencing the produce industry.
In this episode, CPMA VP of marketing & events, Sue Lewis, talks with Mike Mauti of Execulytics Consulting about the Canadian shopper. Building on years data gleaned from monthly consumer surveys, Mike looks at the shopping habits of Canadian Gen Z , what is motivating shoppers and how the 2026 retail landscape will look like.
In this episode, Ron Lemaire, president of CPMA, and David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, break down the biggest forces that have shaped Canada’s fresh produce industry in 2025. From shifting consumer habits to global trade impacts, the two explore what truly moved the market this past year. Looking ahead to 2026, David highlights key consumer and market trends the industry should prioritize to strengthen supply chain resilience and meet evolving consumer demand. This episode of Produce Talks podcast is sponsored by Crawford Packaging .
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