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Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food: December 2025 Edition
15:29|During the Dec. 2025 episode of "Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food," CFI's Charlie Arnot and Dr. David Hughes cover a wide range of timely topics, from new UK sugar taxes and advertising restrictions to the growing momentum behind gene editing and the changing landscape of online food retail. It’s a quick, informative look at the issues shaping what we grow, buy and eat. Catch the full episode and be sure to join us on January 8 when we return with more of "the fastest 15 minutes in food!"
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Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food: November 2025 Edition
17:25|“Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food - November 2025 Edition! Dr. David Hughes is fresh off a world tour – sharing insights on what’s top of mind when it comes to food and ag. Learn more about what’s behind an increase in meat consumption, how tariff tinkering continues to cause uncertainty and why UK farmers are scratching their heads when it comes to consumer trust.Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food: October 2025 Edition
16:16|How is the debate about the health of seed oils affecting farmers in the UK? Dr. David Hughes shares the impact during the October 2025 episode of Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food. Listen in as David and Charlie Arnot with The Center for Food Integrity unpack insights into what’s shaping consumer behavior and food systems worldwide.Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food: September 2025 Edition
16:04|Join The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) for the Fastest 15 Minutes in Food! Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food is a monthly 15-minute webcast that can help you learn more about what’s happening on the global scene. Europe-based Dr. David Hughes, a.k.a. Dr. Food, joins CFI's Charlie Arnot for these sessions with insights from across the pond and around the world.Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food: August 2025 Edition
13:22|Join us for the fastest 15 minutes in food! In the August 2025 edition, Dr. David Hughes and CFI's Charlie Arnot explore the impact of climate change on food production and distribution, including its effects on seasonal eating patterns and food security across different countries, and changing retail trends, particularly how younger consumers' shopping habits are influencing supermarket strategies and community initiatives.Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food: July 2025 Edition
15:37|In this edition of Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food, Dr. David Hughes and Charlie Arnot with The Center for Food Integrity discuss how UK food companies are working to keep costs down, new efforts to help us eat better and a new and fast-growing segment of British agriculture. Tune in!Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food: May 2025 Edition
20:20|Join CFI's Charlie Arnot and Dr. David Hughes for Connecting the Dots with Dr. Food - a look at food and ag trends across the pond. They tackle tariffs, grocery retail price wars, the continuing decline in alcohol consumption and the spread and evolution of livestock disease.