The Richmond FPA was established in June 2007 and registered with DAFF in June 2008 . From humble beginnings with a handful of members it now has a membership of over 180 members and covers the the Richmond and Mkhambathini municipalities encompassing some 230 000 Ha's
The Richmond FPA was founded by Ben Potgieter and Terry Tedder and established its base at the Bush Hall homestead on the Sappi Riverdale plantations at Richmond , origionally just covering the Richmond municipal area. With quite a few members joining the Richmond FPA from the Eston and Umlaas Road areas and falling outside the municipal area it was decided to incorperate the Mkhambatatini municipal area as well .