Maryland Agricultural and Resource Based-Industry Development Corporation

**Established to support Maryland’s working landscapes and resource-based industries** For many years, Maryland’s agricultural, forestry, and seafood industries were stagnant, while Maryland’s rural working landscapes were also disappearing. To help remedy this situation, in 2004 the Governor and Maryland General Assembly, through legislation, established the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation (MARBIDCO) as a quasi-governmental corporation. Opening an office in 2007, MARBIDCO began its mission to enhance the sustainability and profitability of the State’s agricultural and resource-based industries. MARBIDCO serves to bolster agricultural economies, help enable the production of local food and fiber products, and preserve working farms and forest land throughout the State of Maryland. Our Mission **Enhancing sustainability and profitability** MARBIDCO is a nimble quasi-governmental organization that is an instrumentality of the State of Maryland, with a mission to serve the State's commercial farming, forestry, and seafood industries. MARBIDCO assists qualifying businesses in securing affordable capital and credit for equipment, commercial facilities, and real estate purchases, often partnering with commercial lenders and state and local economic development and land conservation organizations. MARBIDCO is committed to supporting the sustainability of the state's agricultural, forestry, and seafood industries, which are predominantly family-run enterprises, while also helping to ensure the viability of the rural working landscape that Marylanders cherish so greatly.