A self-described “factory geek” who loves to see how the pieces of a humming processing plant come together. She has served as an editor of Meatingplace since 2008. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. “Manufacturing is the foundation of our economy: At the end of the line, something ‘real,’ that you can hold and cook and eat, is sent out into the world. That is powerful in a way that no other kind of business is.”