Mark Alan Lindsley was born in the pine-forested mountains of Oregon State in 1959. The proud son of a fourth-generation logger whose ancestors helped settle the Pacific Northwest,...view moreMark Alan Lindsley was born in the pine-forested mountains of Oregon State in 1959. The proud son of a fourth-generation logger whose ancestors helped settle the Pacific Northwest, he has spent the last 20 years of his career as a Director of Research and Development in the food industry, developing specialized products for national distribution, NASA and the US military. He was awarded Most Innovative R&D Team of the Year in 2014 by a national food technology magazine for his continuing work in this obscure scientific field. He now lives with his wife, Donna, on their 130-year-old farm, enjoying quiet solitude in the boundless arboreal forests in northwestern Ohio.view less