The member organizations, especially in the Catholic regions of Western and southern Germany, had been established in the 1880s and 1890s.
[5][6] The revolution of 1918 allowed the Christian Farmers Associations to recruit many new members and to attract new member organizations because farmers were enthusiastic about demands by the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany and the majority Social Democratic Party of Germany for economic socialization as well as for the separation of Church and State in cultural and educational policy.
At this time the VdB was able to recruit Protestant farmers’ association members.
The new President Andreas Hermes, long time Minister of Agriculture and food for the Centre Party (Germany) attempted to stop this development, but only partially succeeded.
In February 1929 the "Green Front" was formed by the Association of Christian German Farmers Associations, many of its member organizations, the National Agricultural League, the German Agriculture Council (Deutsche Landwirtschafsrat) and the German Farmers' Party (Deutsche Bauernshaft).