John Canfield

John Canfield is a Ph.D. student in the Sociology program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2019, he received his M.S. in Rural Sociology at Auburn University, where his research focused on the financialization of farmland in rural Illinois. His advisor was Loka Ashwood. Before studying at Auburn, he double majored in Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Sewanee: The University of the South. He is interested in the convergence of areas of rural, environmental, and economic sociology and plans to continue studying these issues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently working on two projects. At Wisconsin, he is looking at nonprofit land acquisitions in Montana. Continuing to collaborate with professors at Auburn, he is also working with Loka Ashwood and Ryan Thompson on an analysis of the corporate and financial structures of industrial hog corporations.

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William Cahalin

William "Bill" Cahalin is the application systems analyst / webmaster for Auburn's College of Ag Comm-Marketing & Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. An alumnus of Belmont University in Nashville, his work spans the music industry, publishing, aerospace, and enjoys lavish cocktail garnishes.

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