Good Soil
The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
Jeff Chu
- **NATIONAL
- BESTSELLER
- •
- A
- profound
- meditation
- on
- nature,
- heritage,
- and
- belonging,
- from
- an
- accomplished
- journalist
- who
- left
- New
- York
- City
- for
- life
- on
- a
- working
- farm“I
- needed
- this
- book.
- I
- think
- you
- need
- it,
- too.”—Maggie
- Smith,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- You
- Could
- Make
- This
- Place
- Beautiful**In
- his
- late
- thirties,
- Jeff
- Chu
- left
- his
- job
- as
- a
- magazine
- writer
- and
- found
- himself
- at
- Princeton
- Theological
- Seminary’s
- “Farminary”—a
- twenty-one-acre
- working
- farm
- where
- students
- learn
- to
- 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.In
- gorgeous,
- transporting
- reflections,
- Chu
- introduces
- us
- to
- the
- cast
- of
- characters,
- human
- and
- not,
- who
- became
- his
- teachers.
- While
- observing
- the
- egrets
- that
- visit
- the
- pond,
- the
- worms
- that
- turn
- waste
- into
- fertile
- soil,
- and
- the
- Chinese
- long
- beans
- that
- get
- passed
- over
- in
- the
- farm’s
- CSA,
- Chu
- considers
- our
- desire
- to
- belong,
- the
- story
- behind
- the
- food
- on
- our
- plate,
- and
- the
- significance
- of
- his
- own
- roots.
- What
- is
- the
- earth
- trying
- to
- tell
- us,
- if
- we’ll
- only
- stop
- and
- listen?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,
- foodies,
- and
- 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.
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