Organic crop group to meet March 5

The High Plains Organic Crop Improvement Association will hold its annual meeting on March 5 at Buffalo Point Restaurant in Sidney.

The business meeting for members will begin at 9 .m., with an educational discussion in the afternoon. The public is invited for lunch and the afternoon discussion.

The afternoon session will feature Martin Eddy, marketing coordinator for Kansas Organic Producers Association, speaking on the status of organic farming and the organic food industry. A farmer panel will join in the discussion with Eddy. Results of a survey of organic farmers in the multi state region...