In this episode of FEAST: Dish & Dialogue, Hawai‘i-based leaders come together to explore how food systems can better serve communities across the islands.

Moderated by Jayson Watts, Director of Environmental Health & Safety at Mahi Pono, the panel features Rona Fukumoto (Lanakila Pacific), Gary Maunakea-Forth (MAO Organic Farms), Robin Kumabe (Touch A Heart), and First Lady Jaime Green.

Together, they discuss how agriculture, culinary training, and social enterprise can work in tandem to address food access, create economic opportunity, and build more resilient local systems. From workforce development to community-driven initiatives—including the State’s Nourishing Hawaiʻi’s Future and Feeding Hawaiʻi’s Keiki programs—the conversation highlights the power of collaboration in transforming Hawai‘i’s food landscape.

Recorded live at the FEAST Summit during the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival, this episode explores how locally rooted solutions—grounded in care, culture, and connection—are helping to shape a more equitable and sustainable food future for Hawai‘i.

In this episode of FEAST: Dish & Dialogue, Michael Curtin, CEO of DC Central Kitchen, explores how food can serve as a catalyst for social change.

As communities across the country confront challenges around food access, workforce development, and economicinequality, Curtin shares a powerful perspective on how food systems can be reimagined to create opportunity. Drawing from DC Central Kitchen’s nationally recognized model, he highlights how culinary training, job creation, and community-based food programs can transform lives while strengthening local economies.

Rather than viewing food solely as a service, Curtin reframes it as a tool for systems change—addressing root causes of hunger while building more resilient and equitable communities.

Recorded live at the FEAST Summit during the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival, this conversation explores how food, when rooted in purpose, can drive lasting impact across communities.

In this episode of FEAST: Dish & Dialogue, hospitality leaders come together to explore the evolving future of tourism in Hawai‘i and beyond.

Moderated by James Tokioka, Director of the Hawai‘iDepartment of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, the panel features Kūhiō Lewis (Hawaiian Council), Aaron Salā (Hawai‘i Visitors & Convention Bureau), Elliot Mills (Hawai‘i Hospitality Group), and Peter Shaindlin (Halekulani).

Together, they discuss how the industry is shifting beyond traditional models of growth — redefining luxury through sustainability, cultural authenticity, and deeper community connection. From balancing visitor demand with local impact to creating more meaningful, place-based experiences, the conversation highlights what it takes to build a more responsible and resilient tourism model.

Recorded live at the FEAST Summit during the Hawai‘i Food& Wine Festival, this episode explores how hospitality leaders are rethinking the visitor experience — and how culinary, culture, and community shape the future of destination identity.

In the premiere episode of FEAST Dish & Dialogue, Emmy Award-winning travel journalist and CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg takes the FEAST Summit stage to explore the future of global tourism.

As destinations around the world navigate the challenges of over tourism, infrastructure strain, and shifting traveler expectations, Greenberg shares insights on how places like Hawai‘i can rethink the visitor experience to create more meaningful, sustainable travel. Rather than simply attracting more visitors, he explains why successful destinations are focusing on higher-value travelers, cultural authenticity, and experiences rooted in place.

Recorded live at the FEAST Summit during the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival, this keynote sets the stage for a broader conversation about how culinary, culture, and hospitality can help destinations balance economic growth with community wellbeing.

About FEAST: Dish & DialogueFEAST: Dish & Dialogue, presented by Hawaii Ag & Culinary Alliance, brings you conversations from the FEAST Summit at Hawaii Food & Wine Festival — where leaders across food, education, agriculture, sustainability, and tourism come together to explore the future of food systems and hospitality, with culinary at the center of the visitor experience in Hawai‘i and beyond.

FEAST: Dish & Dialogue, presented by Hawai‘i Ag & Culinary Alliance, brings listeners inside the conversations from the FEAST Summit at the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival — where leaders across Food, Education, Agriculture, Sustainability, and Tourism come together to explore the future of food systems and hospitality.

Recorded live at the Summit, the series features keynote insights and dynamic panel discussions with chefs, farmers, educators, restaurateurs, hospitality leaders, and innovators examining the ideas shaping Hawai‘i’s culinary landscape — and how culinary sits at the center of the visitor experience in Hawai‘i and beyond.

🎧 The first episode drops March 17!

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