Jen­ny Tomkins, a mem­ber of the In These Times Board of Edi­tors, lives in Sycamore, Ill. She has an M.A. in jour­nal­ism from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wis­con­sin and cur­rent­ly works as an inter­im innkeep­er. Her abid­ing pas­sions are pol­i­tics, her fam­i­ly, and eat­ing, grow­ing and writ­ing about food.