"Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand",

 by Jeff Chu

In his late thirties, Jeff Chu quit his job as a magazine writer and found himself at Princeton Theological Seminary’s “Farminary”-- a 21-acre working farm where students cultivate the earth while examining life’s biggest questions. Now he unpacks what he learned about creating “good soil,” both literally and figuratively, drawing lessons from the rhythms of growth, decay and regeneration that define life on the land. Good Soil helps readers connect to the land and to one another at a time when we seem drawn most to the phones in our hands. For nature lovers or anyone who has daydreamed about a more fulfilling life, this book is a tribute to friendship, to the sacredness of our bond with the natural world, and to how love can grow from the unlikeliest of places.