Rural Development Links

Regional Resources:

• NERA -- Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors
• SARE -- Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program, Northeast Region

Regional Resources By State:

(Universities/Extension Services/Other)

• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• West Virginia

Cooperative Information Servers & Others

• Division of Community and Economic Development (WV Univ.)
• E-Answers (Searches 50 Land Grant Univ. Extension Service home pages)
• Electronic Policy Network
• HMS Associates
• ILGARD -- Institute for Local Government Administration & Rural Development
• NACO -- National Association of Counties
• >>NACO News Room
• NADO -- National Association of Development Organizations
• APLU -- Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
• NRDP -- National Rural Development Partnership
• Public Issues Education
• Rural Economic Policy Program (The Aspen Institute)
• RUPRI -- Rural Policy Research Institute
• W. K. Kellogg -- Collection of Rural Community Development Resources

Other Regional Rural Development Centers

• NCRCRD -- North Central Region
• SRDC -- Southern Region
• WRDC -- Western Region
• Rural Development Act of 1972
• Integrated Activities Funding

Other Resource Links

• Rural People, Rural Policy -- is a part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Federal Government

• ARC -- Appalachian Regional Commission
• NIFA -- National Institute of Food & Agriculture
• EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
• ERS -- Economic Research Service, Rural Development Briefing Room
• FAS -- Foreign Agricultural Service
• The Library of Congress
• NAL -- National Agricultural Library
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
• NRDC -- National Rural Development Council
• NRDP -- National Rural Development Partnership (USDA)
• RIC -- Rural Information Center
• Rural Development IRM (USDA)
• Sustainable Development Indicators Group
• USDA Rural Economic & Community Development
• EZ/EC -- Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program
• U.S. Nonprofit Gateway (government empowering nonprofit groups)
• Water 2000 -- targeting water quality, quantity and dependability problems

Foreign & International Rural Development

• Business Retention and Expansion International -- Advancement of Retention and Expansion Efforts of Existing Businesses

Nonprofits

• American Farmland Trust -- works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment
• Cape & Islands Self-Reliance Corporation -- devoted to helping MA communities and citizens become self-reliant in energy, water and food.
• Idealist -- Incredible list of nonprofit organizations
• Merit (Promotes computer networking in Michigan and beyond. See Partner Organizations -- K-12 Education in Michigan for information on funding for school telecommunications and other projects)
• National Association for Community Leadership -- dedicated to nurturing community leadership
• Rural Opportunities (multi-state nonprofit organization based in Rochester, NY, dedicated to the development of communities, families and individuals)
• Rural School and Community Trust(Promotes school reform agendas that fit rural places
• Vermont Community Loan Fund (financing affordable housing, community facilities, and small business for rural Vermonters)

Other Interesting Places

• Horizon Magazine (A Magazine about Community)
• No Backroads ('Web Documentary' on how the internet is influencing rural areas)
• RuralTeleCon (Summary of RuralTeleCon '97 and plans for the '98 Conference)
• Will It Fly (Willitfly.com's mission is to make it easier to avoid the failure that frequently accompanies new undertakings)
  

Funding Sources

• AARC -- Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
• AFRI -- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
• ARC -- Appalachian Regional Commission Program & Research Grants
• EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
• Grantmaker -- The Foundation Center's Links for Grant-seekers
• Grantscape -- newsletters and links to many funding sources
• NCPTT -- National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program
• NEIPM -- Northeast Regional Integrated Pest Management
• NIFA --National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• NIH -- National Institutes of Health
• NSF -- National Science Foundation
• RHS -- USDA Rural Housing Service
• U.S. Department of Education -- Funding Opportunities
• U.S. Department of Education -- Grants and Contract Information
• UW Links -- University of Wisconsin Links to Funding Sources

Other Lists of Links

• Institute for Research on Poverty
  
• Past National Small Farm Conferences Themes and Proceedings

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