We have found, over the years, that one of the best ways for a grower to learn about how local foods work (or fail to work) is to go somewhere else and try to be a local foods customer for a little while. Of course, this makes the assumption that the grower actually is able to get AWAY from the farm and that they are also able to afford taking that time away. I recognize these are both insurmountable obstacles for some who farm to produce food for local consumption.