Dana McCauley

CEO, Canadian Food Innovation Network

Food, Food trends, Innovation, Consumer insight, Entrepreneurship

Media

Food Trends TV by Dana McCauley

An introduction to Food Trends TV

Vegetarian and Vegan Trends

Breakfast Television, September 6, 2018Television

URL: https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/all-things-veg/

Dana and Dina discuss why the Vegetarian Food Festival is getting bigger every year.

‘Startling’: The price of celery is skyrocketing in Canada. Blame cold weather and a celebrity food fad

Plant-based big buzzwords at upcoming national food show

The Toronto Sun, April 28, 2019Print

URL: https://torontosun.com/life/food/0428-lifenational

Homemaker's Menu of the Month Cookbook
by edited by Dana McCauley
978-1552634639
Dana's Top Ten Table
by Dana McCauley
9780002007672
Pantry Raid
by Dana McCauley
9781552853337
Noodles Express
by Dana McCauley
10: 0679310177
Last Dinner on the Titanic
by Dana McCauley and Rick Archbold
9781864488364

Biography

Dana McCauley has a nose for the new and throughout her career she has combined her interest in food with keen insights on global food trends. As a result, she developed a knack for bringing profitable concepts that fulfill unmet consumer needs to market and her resume includes successful launches working with international food companies, entrepreneurs and SME’s alike.

McCauley is a value proposition driven innovator who has successfully launched many food products and programs in collaboration with domestic and international food companies and entrepreneurs.​ Throughout her career, McCauley has long had her finger on the pulse of food innovation as a successful food writer and editor, a television food trends commentator, and a senior executive in the food manufacturing sector.

McCauley was the founding Executive Director for Food Starter, a Toronto based food business incubator and accelerator that was recognized with an Ontario Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence. As Director of New Venture Creation at the University of Guelph, McCauley enabled agri-food innovators to transform their inventions into innovations that grow the economy and enhances Canada's international reputation.

In 2017, McCauley was recognized by WXN as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women in the Trailblazers and Trendsetters category.

Recognition/Reconnaissance

Premiers Award for Innovation | Professional

Led Food Starter, a food business incubator and accelerator, to be awarded the Premier's Award for Innovation by helping +140 entrepreneurs to launch 80 new products in 2 years of operations.

WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women 2017 | Professional

Expertise

  • Food
  • Food trends
  • Innovation
  • Consumer insight
  • Entrepreneurship