Focus group and individual interviews with parents, local growers, and community leaders, as well as surveys distributed to parents helped to provide answers to the project questions. Findings revealed that parents desire locally grown food, but it needs to be affordable and accessible. Many parents lack knowledge, skill and confidence on how to include locally grown foods within family snacks/meals. Involving children in growing and preparing food increases their interest in eating it. Relationships between growers and families can increase appreciation for and consumption of locally grown food. Relationships between growers and influential community leaders are key to increasing availability of locally grown food in the community.