The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union was organized in July 1907 by seven charter members in Teller County. In April 1908, the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union came into existence as a state organization aligned with the National Farmers Union. As each decade passed, RMFU members and leaders took on the most pressing challenges of their time from the Great Depression and Dust Bowl to today’s concerns over corporate concentration in agriculture. As a grassroots general farm organization, they use educational programs, legislative advocacy, and creation of member-owned cooperative enterprises to work to improve the lives and bottom line of farm and ranch families.