# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Good Soil by Jeff Chu
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: In this beautifully written memoir, an accomplished journalist leaves New York City to work as an amateur farmhand at Princeton Seminary, while harvesting spiritual lessons that change his life

Jeff Chu had a seemingly successful life. As a writer at a fast-paced magazine company, he penned glossy profiles of business leaders while living with his husband in a New York City brownstone. Yet he struggled, as many of us do, with feelings of loneliness and disillusionment, all while trying to reconcile his identity as a first-generation Chinese American. Seeking a remedy, he left his job and enrolled at Princeton Seminary’s “Farminary,” a 21-acre farm where students learn to work the soil while asking the big questions of life.

As the seasons turn, Chu introduces us to a cast of characters, human and not, each with their own lesson to teach. From the cranes that visit the pond, to the worms that turn waste into fertile soil, to the Chinese long beans that get passed over in the farm’s CSA, Chu gently interrogates his relationship with the food on his plate and his own heritage, discovering what the earth is trying to teach us--if we’ll stop and listen.

In gorgeous, moving prose, Good Soil helps readers connect to the land and to each other at a time when we are drawn most to the phones in our hands. For nature lovers, foodies, and anyone who has daydreamed about a more meaningful life, this book is a tribute to friendship, acceptance, spirituality, and how love can grow from the unlikeliest of places.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wilkesboro/good-soil-by-jeff-chu/200029358953405
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029358953405?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=wilkesboro-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wilkesboro
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Merle’s  
- **lat**: 36.148687196665
- **long**: -81.150454615898
- **full address**: Merle’s  , 106 E Main Street,Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
- **location**: Merle’s

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Good Soil by Jeff Chu being held?
  - **A:** Good Soil by Jeff Chu takes place on Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Merle’s  , 106 E Main Street,Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Good Soil by Jeff Chu is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Wilkesboro, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Good Soil by Jeff Chu sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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