Liberal sort of supports local produce (7)
I believe the answer is:
publish
'produce' is the definition.
(I know that publish is a kind of produce)
'liberal sort of supports local' is the wordplay.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'sort of' becomes 'ish' (eg newish means sort of new).
'supports' means one lot of letters go next to another (bottom letters provide a support for the top ones).
'local' becomes 'pub' (one's local pub).
'l'+'ish'='lish'
'lish' put after 'pub' is 'PUBLISH'.
(Other definitions for publish that I've seen before include "Make generally known" , "Get into print" , "Damned if I do!" , "Issue, make known" , "Issue (a book/magazine)" .)