The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, through its organics program, will lead the Texas Transition to Organic Partnership Program, or Texas TOPP, designed to recruit, train, mentor and advise farmers who want to transition to organic production.Texas TOPP is a five-year partnership program that will include Texas’ higher education institutions, U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies, nonprofit organizations and farm associations.The goal of the program will be to build successful organic farmer-tofarmer mentorships that are part of a larger organic community building program. Participants will learn organic practices, business development, marketing and more.“Participants in this partnership will interact with conventional farmers,