1. Ella Annette Bitto is a Ph.D. candidate in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Sociology at Iowa State University, Department of Sociology, 409 East Hall, Ames, IA 50011 USA (). Her research focuses on the structure of agriculture, food systems and their implications for rural communities.
2. Lois Wright Morton, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University, 303 East Hall, Ames, IA 5001 USA ().
3. Mary Sand is a Registered Dietician (R.D.) and lecturer in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University, 220E MacKay Hall, Ames, IA 50011 USA ().