Hawaii's food and tourism leaders are hunting for ways to prop up local farming and tourism after a rough year of disasters and high prices.

• Hundreds gathered in Waikiki for the FEAST Summit, pairing chefs, developers, and business leaders to brainstorm fixes for the islands' struggling farm and tourism industries.
• A key session focused on getting more local food into hotels and restaurants, and what's stopping farmers and buyers from working together more.
• One idea floated: build facilities that turn lower-grade local crops into packaged, sellable products instead of letting them go to waste.
• A state senator pushed for government incentives to use food and entertainment, like stadium dining draws similar to the model at SoFi Stadium, to attract sports and family tourists who tend to stay longer and spend more.

Outlook: Ideas from the summit will likely feed into state economic development planning, but any real change depends on new funding and infrastructure getting built.