Over the past several years, CDFA has been researching the ways traditional development finance tools can be used to support food-related businesses and projects, leveraging further investment to catalyze local and regional food systems. CDFA has discovered nearly $1 billion in innovative financing for the food system, from historic tax credits and industrial development bonds to tax increment finance and revolving loan funds. However, this just scratches the surface. Despite the fact that financing for food-related endeavors is fragmented, there are many more food systems projects demonstrating that their work is worthy of traditional financing tools. CDFA is proving that localized food systems and economies can be strengthened with development finance. For the second installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we will present key initiatives and programs being used to finance local food systems, and how CDFA is continuing to prove the food system as an asset class.