Farm Bureau History

The San Diego County Farm Bureau (SDCFB) is a non-profit membership organization founded in 1914 to promote and protect agriculture. The San Diego County Farm Bureau was one of the earliest organized in the state, the movement in the United States being about
two years old at that time. The first meeting was held on Feb 20, 1914 at the Spreckels Theater in San Diego.  The meeting consisted of several interesting “lantern slide lectures” and a “highly valuable and instructive lecture on the dairy cow using an excellent specimen sent in by Mr. Dupre of Lakeside.” (Source:  minutes of first SDCFB meeting by Sec. Pro Tem H. A Weinland)  Judge Andrews of Spring Valley was elected as the first president of the San Diego Farm Bureau at this meeting. Membership was $1.00 per farm family.