After completing a degree in Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, Simon returned to his rural roots with a desire to explore how small farms could create economically vibrant businesses and communities. This interest led him to Rancho Durazno [1] in western Colorado where he took his theoretical interests in local food and agriculture and applied them to diversifying a fruit farm into vegetable production. Throughout his two-year tenure at the farm, he took the opporunity to build his information technology skills by developing websites for the farm and other related businesses. These interests came together with the development of Small Farm Central.

Anthony Bruno is currently studying at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and is getting ready to graduate with a Associates Degree in Interactive Media Design. Current fields of interest include Macromedia Flash, Director, CSS, and XHTML. He also enjoys local art as well as composing his own music.

Amanda Grandel is an art director at Marcus Thomas, an advertising agency in Cleveland, Ohio. Amanda’s inventive design work has earned her various Addy Awards and recognition in national design magazines such as Print and Luerzers Archive. Outside of advertising, Amanda is the state director of Ohio Odyssey of the Mind, a creative problem-solving competition for children. She grew up in rural Pennsylvania and went on to college at Kent State University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in visual communication design with a minor in advertising.

After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Psychology, Melanie followed her extra-cirricular interests to western Colorado to help start a small-scale vegetable operation. She is now pursuing a second Bachelor's degree in nursing.