In preparation for its inaugural season, the Arnold Farmers Market will hold a growers meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 23 in the lower conference room at Arnold City Hall, 2101 Jeffco Blvd.

The market will be held at the Fox Middle School campus, 743 Jeffco Blvd., from Saturday, May 5 through the last Saturday in October.

Guest speakers at the growers meeting will include Greg Tucker, small business development specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, who will explain how vendors should collect sales taxes at farmers markets; and Dean Wilson, agriculture and rural development specialist with the Extension, who will discuss soil testing and how to read soil test reports. Representatives from the City of Arnold and the farmers market committee will also be on hand to answer questions.