MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas group tasked with preparing a plan to increase locally grown food production plans to get together this week.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture says in a press release that the Local Food and Farm Task Force it has scheduled a public meeting at 9 a.m. on May 8. It is meeting at the Kansas State Capitol in Room 142S.

The group was established in the 2014 session of the Kansas Legislature.

Its purpose is to prepare a plan containing policy and funding recommendations to boost local foods.