http://www.farmhouse.org/
http://www.acacia.org/about_main.htm
chelly, you don't sound like a fool at all. I had no idea what they were when i first joined GC either. They are both Fraternities with many of the same values and traditions held by most Greek-letter fraternities. If you look around their Ntl. websites, you will find out a lot more about both orgs.