Leaders

Ruth Knight

Director, Agriculture Adaptation Council

foresight, leadership, resilience

Episode 2

Jennifer Wright

Executive Director, Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council

workforce, labour

Episode 4

Rene Van Acker

President, University of Guelph

research, education, agroecology

Episode 5

Dana McCauley

CEO, Canadian Food Innovation Network

food innovation, financing, foresight

Episode 6

Tyler McCann

Managing Director, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute

policy, trade, leadership

Episodes 7, 23

Steph Towers

farm leadership, transparency, emotional intelligence, agricultural communication, next generation

Episode 8

Camden Lawrence

First Nations Agriculture & Finance Ontario

Indigenous agriculture, economic development, capital

Episodes 9, 23

Jamie Reaume

Policy Consultant & Sector Advocate, MWD Consulting

agricultural policy, structural critique, Ontario agriculture, food supply chains, sustainable production

Episode 10

Todd Ormann

Olds College

innovation, applied research, workforce development

Episode 11

Raj Thandhi

food culture, education, literacy, social media

Episode 12

Jesse Hirsh

Host, The Future Herd

AI, Media Literacy, Leadership, Agriculture Policy, Technology Adoption, Food Systems

Episode 1

Treska Watson

Executive Director, The Mustard Seed Street Church

Episode 13

Barb Scott-Cole

Leader, 4-H Canada

4-H, Youth Development, Agriculture, Leadership, Sustainability, Canadian Economy

Episode 14

Jordyn Domio

President, Junior Farmers Association of Ontario

Episode 15

Colin Hornby

General Manager, Keystone Agricultural Producers

Agricultural Advocacy, Manitoba Farm Policy, Research Funding, Trade Tariffs, Farm Leadership, Ag Communications

Episode 16

Lori Nikkel

CEO, Second Harvest

Episodes 17, 23

Mohsen Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi

Assistant Professor, University of Guelph

Soybean Breeding, Dry Bean Research, Computational Biology, Agricultural AI, Plant Genomics, Sustainable Agriculture

Episodes 18, 31

Neil Hetherington

Chief Executive Officer, Daily Bread Food Bank

Food Security, Poverty Reduction, Nonprofit Leadership, Hunger Relief, Social Services, Toronto

Episode 19

Mohamad Yaghi

Vice President of Innovation Hub and AgExpert, Farm Credit Canada

Agricultural Innovation, AgTech, Data Management, Climate Policy, Agricultural Knowledge Sharing

Episodes 21, 31

Rob Rainer

Reeve of Tay Valley and Executive Director, The Table Community Food Centre, Municipality of Tay Valley; The Table Community Food Centre

rural development, food security, municipal leadership, community food centres, agri-food policy, local government

Episode 22

Jennifer MacTavish

IED

agricultural leadership, talent retention, organizational adaptation, career development, agricultural ecosystems

Episodes 20, 23, 31

Alissa Overend

Associate Professor, MacEwan University

alternative food networks, food security, sociology of food, urban agriculture, settler-Indigenous relations, dietary discourse

Episode 24

Charles Levkoe

Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems and Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, Lakehead University

Food Sovereignty, Agroecology, Sustainable Food Systems, Food Movements, Equity & Sustainability, Community Food Security

Episode 26

Elaine Power

Professor, Queen's University

Food Insecurity, Basic Income, Food Justice, Social Determinants of Health, Poverty & Food, Feminist Food Studies

Episode 30

Kaitlyn Kitzan

Treasurer and Director, Saskatchewan Wheat Growers, Saskatchewan Wheat Growers

Saskatchewan Agriculture, Farm Leadership, Agricultural Policy, Rural Entrepreneurship, Food Security

Episode 25

Donald Killorn

Executive Director, PEI Federation of Agriculture

PEI Agriculture, Agri-food Policy, Fisheries Collaboration, Rural Advocacy, Federal Investment

Episodes 27, 31

John Barlow

Member of Parliament for Foothills, Alberta; Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food and Food Security, Canadian House of Commons / Conservative Party of Canada

agricultural policy, food security, rural representation, regulatory reform, farm advocacy, agricultural research

Episode 28

RJ Taylor

Co-owner & Fish Farmer, Cedar Crest Trout Farms (Springhills Fish)

Aquaculture, Sustainable Seafood, Family Farm Succession, Ontario Food Systems, Business Diversification

Episode 29

Sarah Elton

Professor

Local Food Movement, Sustainable Agriculture, Food System Infrastructure, Urban Agriculture, Canadian Food Policy

Episode 32

Tianna Brand

Foresight Practitioner, Association for Professional Futurists

foresight, futures thinking, animal health, zoonotic risk, regulatory policy, systems leadership

Episode 33

John Rafferty

President & CEO, Ontario Genomics

Biomanufacturing, Genomics Commercialisation, Scale-Up Infrastructure, Food Innovation Policy, Agricultural Superpowers

Episode 34