Policy

The Washington Farm Bureau Policy Development Committee has completed its two meetings in preparation for the 89th Annual Meeting of the Washington Farm Bureau in Wenatchee, Nov. 17-20, 2008. 

These resolutions will be presented to WFB voting delegates for consideration at the WFB Annual Meeting in the Report to Delegates 2008.

An electronic policy resolution form is available, along with a general information backgrounder on the WFB policy development process.

Copies of the 2008 WFB Policy Book and the 2008 AFBF Policy Book are still available.  Farm Bureau members can receive a printed or electronic copy of the Washington Farm Bureau or the American Farm Bureau Federation policy book by contacting Margaret Warren, WFB Administrative Assistant, at (800) 331-3276.  Electronic copies of the policy books can be sent via e-mail as a pdf file.  A CD containing the two pdf files can also be mailed.

Policy Development 

The Washington Farm Bureau is a grassroots organization comprised of 25 county Farm Bureaus, each with a policy development committee.

Farm Bureau members surface policy issues and work through their county Farm Bureau policy development committee or with a Washington Farm Bureau advisory committee in drafting resolution language. The county Farm Bureau board of directors or the appropriate Washington Farm Bureau advisory committee then considers the resolution. If approved, the resolution is submitted to the state Policy Development Committee for review.

Policy resolutions approved by the state Policy Development Committee are forwarded to voting delegates at the Washington Farm Bureau annual meeting in November for consideration. State policy resolutions adopted by the voting delegates become organizational policy for the following year. National policy resolutions adopted by the voting delegates are submitted to the American Farm Bureau Federation for review and consideration.

For information about the American Farm Bureau Federation policy development process, go to www.fb.org.

For information about policy development, contact Margaret Warren, WFB Administrative Assistant, at (800) 331-3276.