Monterey County Farm Bureau
The Monterey County Farm Bureau (MCFB) is a membership-based non-profit organization. Their mission is to "promote the well being of agriculture through involvement in education, stewardship of natural resources, public policy development, and the resolution of community challenges" [1]. They are said to be the voice of agriculture in the Monterey Region.
History
In September 1919, 32 county farm bureau delegates, including representatives from Monterey County, met at U.C. Berkeley to prompt the creation of the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF). The university's Agricultural Extension had been created in 1914, but its education programs could not be brought to farmers until a county farm bureau representing at least 20 percent of the farmers in the county had been established. The university and its Agricultural Extension Service effectively spurred the establishment of a state-wide farm bureau movement in California.
Three weeks later, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) was founded at a meeting in Chicago, with California among the 31 states given voting privileges at the first meeting.
The AFBF formed to provide farmers a way to influence national politics and pursue a legislative agenda favorable to farmers. Early efforts focused successfully on allowing farmers longer term credit to carry crops through orderly marketing, tariffs to protect against competing imported farm crops and the general cooperative marketing plan outlined by Farm Bureau. While the national-level farm bureau continues to lobby for primarily economic initiatives on farmers' behalf, the basic structure of Farm Bureau remains intact: a grassroots organization where policy making begins at the county level (ref).
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