Virginia Farm Bureau Federation (VFBF) is Virginia’s largest nonprofit agricultural advocacy and member-service organization, founded in 1926 to represent farmers and rural communities. VFBF provides grassroots policy advocacy, education (including Agriculture in the Classroom), local county offices and member services, and is affiliated with a mutual insurance company that offers insurance products to members and Virginians.
Agricultural and farm policy, land use and property-rights protections, conservation and water-quality programs, rural economic development, taxation affecting farmers, agricultural labor and workforce issues, transportation and infrastructure for farm markets, agricultural education, and regulation of energy projects affecting farmland (including utility-scale solar siting)
Primarily membership dues and fees supplemented by revenue from its affiliated Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (insurance premiums and related insurance-business income), program fees and limited donations
American Farm Bureau Federation (national affiliate), Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (VFBMIC), over 80 county Farm Bureau offices and statewide member programs
Nonprofit grassroots membership organization and state-level trade association with an affiliated mutual insurance company
