The re-launch of our website “local food systems.org” marks the transition from a start-up to a build-up phase in our local food systems project. In our start-up phase, we organized, promoted new relationships, set goals, found funding, and supported communication with an active website. In this second phase, funded in large part by the USDA-SCRI grant, we focus on business development related to local and regional foods using web-based tools and our growing experience with them as a key set of levers.<