NDAREC
North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives

RE&T
Rural Electric & Telecom Development Center: Powering grassroots efforts with development experience and resources to assure quality of lie in North Dakota's communities

NDRECF
North Dakota Rural Electric Cooperative Foundation: A nonprofit 501c public charity created to expand our capacity to offer technical assistance

RDFC
Rural Development Finance Corporation: A flexible, nonprofit finance and development corporation whose member-owners are all of the North Dakota electric cooperatives, nine of the North Dakota telecoms and NDAREC. 

MPILP
Meat & Poultry Intermediary Lending Program: A $10 million loan program funded by USDA and held within RDFC's revolving loan fund. This loan program will help in the start-up, expansion or operation of slaughter or other processing of meat and poultry. RDFC will have more information coming soon!

USDA-RD
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development 

USDA-AMS
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Marketing Service

LFPP
Local Food Promotion Program (through USDA-AMS): Funds projects that develop, coordinate and expand local and regional food business enterprises. 

RFBC
Regional Food Business Center (through USDA-AMS): North Dakota is part of a three-state conglomerate (North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota), called the North Central Regional Food Business Center, that applied to USDA and was awarded funding to benefit small- and mid-sized producers, processors, aggregators and distributors that sell into all types of markets, including local and regional markets. The program includes products produced locally or regionally, including fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, grains and dairy. NDAREC's rural development staff is involved with this regional project under the NDREC Foundation.

REDLG
Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (through USDA-RD): Provides zero-interest loans up to $2 million through an electric or telecom cooperative that is a qualified Rural Utilities Service (RUS) borrower.

MPPEP
Meat & Poultry Processing Expansion Program (through USDA-RD): Provides grants to help eligible processors expand their capacity.

MCAP (Local MCap)
Local Meat Capacity Grant (through USDA-AMS): Supports independently owned meat and poultry processing businesses with funds to provide more and better processing options for local livestock producers. 

REAP
Rural Energy for America Program (through USDA-RD): A grant program for rural small businesses or agricultural producers for energy efficiency improvements or renewable energy systems.

NREDA 
National Rural Economic Developers Association: A member organization dedicated to the advancement of rural economic development by providing education and networking opportunities to further the movement of grower and revitalizing rural America.