Welcome to the Farminary 10 Anniversary Celebration!
The Farminary started with a simple idea. Wouldn’t it be amazing to integrate theological education with small-scale agriculture? It began with an intuition that the broader creation (the more-than-human world) could illuminate Christian faith and theology. Along the way, the intuition has grown into a conviction. The farm challenges us to recognize faith as inherently ecological. We have no baptism without water, no communion without bread and cup. We have no life apart from our vast interdependence.
Similarly, we have no Farminary apart from an astonishingly diverse community of neighbors. The Farminary thrives because of countless students, faculty, staff, and neighbors (human and nonhuman!) far and wide.
This week, extraordinary humans are helping to lead the celebration. I suggest you listen carefully to them and learn.
I also hope you’ll make your way to the compost piles. There, too, I hope you’ll listen and learn. The piles are familiar with loss and with much that is passing away, but they also sing a longer song. They proclaim that death does not get the last word. They are partners in the vitality we have known over the last ten years.
Thanks so much for celebrating with us, Nate
Rev. Dr. Nathan Stucky Director of The Farminary
EVENT OVERVIEW
The Farminary’s 10 Anniversary Celebration is a 4-day festival of ideas, a gathering designed to spark world-class conversations at the crossroads of food, farming, faith, and climate. Over these days we will bridge the deep questions emerging from the theological academy with the urgent, practical questions of a wider public seeking meaningful ways to respond. Together we will hear from remarkable speakers, but just as importantly, we will listen to one another and to the land itself—allowing both expert insight and shared reflection to shape the possibilities we imagine for our common future. th
There is something powerful about gathering in person—about meeting new people, sharing stories, and building connections that restore the civic fabric and sustain us through the many changes of our time. This festival is not only about ideas, but about the community that forms when we are truly present with one another. For that reason, none of the sessions will be livestreamed. We want you to be here, together, in the moment, experiencing the conversations as they unfold. The heart of this gathering is the shared presence that only happens when we come together.
ABOUT THE FARMINARY
If you put the words “farm” and “seminary” together, you get Farminary. It’s both that simple and yet so much more.
The Farminary is a place where theological education is integrated with smallscale regenerative agriculture to train faith leaders who are conversant in the areas of ecology, sustainability, and food justice. It is designed to train students to challenge society’s 24–7 culture of productivity by following a different rhythm, one that is governed by the seasons and Sabbath.
Of all the crops being cultivated at the farm, Farminary director Nate Stucky would assert that what they’re really growing out here is a different kind of leader.
“The project’s main goal is to form leaders by cultivating ecological sensibilities within them, like paying attention to the seasons, understanding the interconnectedness of life and death, and becoming comfortable with failure,” says Stucky.
In 2017, the Seminary launched the Concentration in Theology, Ecology, and Faith Formation, which is open to all master’s-level students. The program trains students to recognize the connections between theology and current ecological issues and how to respond to those challenges.
In 2023, the Seminary introduced the Master of Arts in Theology and Ecology degree program. This 13-month program equips graduates to lead with care and compassion by engaging students in the intimate connections among land, space, justice, soil, place, and neighbor.
ABOUT PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY
Princeton Theological Seminary prepares women and men to serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by faith, integrity, scholarship, competence, compassion, and joy, equipping them for leadership worldwide in congregations and the larger church, in classrooms and the academy, and in the public arena.
COMMUNITY CODE-OF-CONDUCT
This event is built on the belief that good conversation, shared presence, and care for the land can help us imagine new possibilities together. To make this gathering welcoming and life-giving for all, we ask each participant to commit to the following:
1. RESPECT ONE ANOTHER
Treat all participants, staff, and volunteers with kindness, dignity, and respect— both in word and in deed.
Listen with openness, speak with care, and engage differences with curiosity rather than judgment.
Remember that this is a space for dialogue, not debate.
2. RESPECT THE LAND
Care for the farm and surrounding spaces as shared gifts.
Please do not litter. Use the designated bins for recycling, compost, and trash. Do not pick or pull up flowers, vegetables, or other plants unless invited and guided by a member of the farm team.
Move gently and attentively through the space, honoring both the land and those who work it.
3. PARTICIPATE FULLY AND MINDFULLY
Be present. This event is designed for in-person connection—lean into the conversations and experiences around you.
Give others space to share their voices and stories.
Look for ways to contribute to the community spirit of the festival.
Together, we can create an environment where ideas flourish, relationships deepen, the land is honored, and faith grows.
DAILY SCHEDULES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
10:30 AM — 1:30 PM
MAIN CAMPUS REGISTRATION
Patio, Wright Library
11:30 AM — 12:00 PM CREATION HYMN SING
Seminary Chapel
12:00 PM — 1:30 PM
KICK-OFF LUNCH WITH THE SEMINARY COMMUNITY
Seminary Quad
1:30 PM — 2:30 PM
OPENING WORSHIP SERVICE
Seminary Chapel
Opening remarks from Princeton Seminary’s President, Jonathan Lee Walton, and beloved writer and theologian Barbara Brown Taylor as guest preacher.
3:00 PM — 5:00 PM
ON-SITE REGISTRATION
Oasis Station, Farminary
4:00 PM — 5:30 PM
REFRAMING THE WORLD: A CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF CREATION
Main Tent, Farminary
Join esteemed theologian Willie James Jennings and guests — Hanna Reichel, Tink Tinker, and Norman Wirzba — for an insightful exploration of creation through a Christian lens, drawing from Jennings’s latest book. This event invites participants to rethink the relationship between God, the world, and humanity, offering fresh perspectives on faith, belonging, and the divine act of creation.
8:00 PM — 9:30 PM
WINE AND THE BIBLE
Patio, Farminary
Led by John Anthony Dunne, this evening blends the art of winemaking with the rich tapestry of Biblical history. Explore the significance of wine in ancient texts and traditions, uncover its deep spiritual and cultural meanings, and indulge in a carefully curated tasting experience.
Cheese and bread for the event will be provided by:
QUESTIONS DURING THE SESSION?
In lieu of a traditional Q&A, text your questions to 609-527-4837. This will go directly to the facilitators to share with the presenters and wider audience.
Wednesday Shuttle Schedule
Shuttle pick-ups from main campus behind Wright Library (25 Library Place, Princeton).
2:30 PM – Shuttle service FROM Library → Farminary begins
5:30 PM – Shuttle service FROM Farminary → Library begins
6:45 PM – Shuttle service FROM Library → Farminary begins 9:30 PM – Shuttle service FROM Farminary → Library begins
The shuttle will make two loops per departure window.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
8:30 AM — 12:00 PM
OPEN GARDEN HOURS
Garden, Farminary
For those who want to get their hands dirty! Email the.farminary@ptsem.edu for details if you haven’t already registered.
9:00 AM — 9:30 AM
FARMINARY TOUR WITH NATE STUCKY
Oasis Station, Farminary
10:30 AM — 12:00 PM
REIMAGINING PASTORAL PEDAGOGY:
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FACULTY PANEL
Main Tent, Farminary
Over the last 10 years, a wide array of courses have been taught at the Farminary. Faculty collaborators come together to share what they’ve learned from teaching not only on the land, but with the land as they seek to form a different kind of leader, for the church and the world.
1:00 PM — 12:30 PM
WORKSHOP BLOCK A
Writing with the Land, with Crystal Oliver
Long Barn, Farminary
Composting 101, with Larry Rogers
Main Tent, Farminary
Native Seed Collection, with Friends of Princeton Open Space
Patio, Farminary
The Upside to Downspouts, with Sustainable Princeton
Classroom Barn, Farminary
3:00 PM — 4:30 PM
WORKSHOP BLOCK B
(same locations as A Block)
Writing with the Land
Composting 101
Native Seed Collection
7:00 PM — 8:30 PM
NOURISHING IDENTITY: FOOD, LAND, AND FAITH
Main Tent, Farminary
Jeff Chu, author of Good Soil, and Michael Twitty, African American Jewish writer, culinary historian, and educator, come together for a rich conversation about how food and land have shaped their identities and their work. Together, they explore how faith and flavor can nourish deeper community, creativity, and connection.
QUESTIONS DURING THE SESSION?
In lieu of a traditional Q&A, text your questions to 609-527-4837. This will go directly to the facilitators to share with the presenters and wider audience.
Thursday Shuttle Schedule
Shuttle pick-ups from main campus behind Wright Library (25 Library Place, Princeton).
9:45 AM – Shuttle service FROM Library → Farminary begins
11:45 AM – Shuttle service FROM Farminary → Library begins
4:30 PM – Shuttle service FROM Farminary → Library begins
6:00 PM – Shuttle service FROM Library → Farminary begins
8:30 PM – Shuttle service FROM Farminary → Library begins
The shuttle will make two loops per departure window.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
8:30 AM — 12:00 PM
OPEN GARDEN HOURS
Garden, Farminary
For those who want to get their hands dirty! Email the.farminary@ptsem.edu for details if you haven’t already registered.
9:00 AM — 10:30 AM
WORKSHOP BLOCK A
Cooking with the Earth, with Gabby Aron Garden, Farminary
Planting Something New: Church & Social Enterprise, with Lissette Sosa-Gonzalez Long Barn, Farminary
Connecting Congregations to the Farm, with Werner Ramirez and Hannah Lee Rose Main Tent, Farminary
It’s Always Been Bigger Than Food, with Heber Brown Patio, Farminary
Helping Institutions Think Ecologically, with Nick Babladelis
Classroom Barn, Farminary
11:00 AM — 12:30 PM
WORKSHOP BLOCK B
(same locations as A Block)
Cooking with the Earth
Planting Something New
Connecting Congregations to the Farm
Helping Institutions Think Ecologically
3:00 PM — 4:30 PM
SOWING NEW SEEDS: PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ALUMNI PANEL
Main Tent, Farminary
Alumni who participated in Farminary coursework over the past decade return to share how this distinctive approach to discipleship has shaped their work in the world.
4:30 PM — 5:00 PM
FARMINARY TOUR WITH NATE STUCKY
Oasis Station, Farminary
5:30 PM — 6:45 PM FARM CHEF FEST
Classroom Barn Trail, Farminary
7:00 PM — 8:30 PM
LANDLINES: NARRATIVES ROOTED IN EARTH AND HISTORY
Main Tent, Farminary
What stories does the land carry—and what happens when we learn to listen? Join award-winning author and historian Tiya Miles in conversation with Farminary director Nate Stucky as they explore the deep connections between ecology, memory, and the stories that shape our relationship to the earth.
QUESTIONS DURING THE SESSION?
In lieu of a traditional Q&A, text your questions to 609-527-4837. This will go directly to the facilitators to share with the presenters and wider audience.
Friday Shuttle Schedule
Shuttle pick-ups from main campus behind Wright Library (25 Library Place, Princeton).
8:45 AM – Shuttle service FROM Library → Farminary begins 12:15 PM – Shuttle service BETWEEN Farminary ↔ Library begins
1:45 PM – Shuttle service FROM Library → Farminary begins
8:15 PM – Shuttle service FROM Farminary → Library begins 8:30 PM – Shuttle service FROM Farminary → Library begins
The shuttle will make two loops per departure window.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
CLOSING WORSHIP SERVICE
Patio, Farminary
Welcoming Heber Brown, III — founder of the Black Church Food Security Network — as guest preacher.
QUESTIONS DURING THE SESSION?
In lieu of a traditional Q&A, text your questions to 609-527-4837. This will go directly to the facilitators to share with the presenters and wider audience.
Saturday Shuttle Schedule
Shuttle pick-ups from main campus behind Wright Library (25 Library Place, Princeton).
8:00 AM – Shuttle service FROM Library → Farminary begins
Bus will stay for return trip following the service
The shuttle will make two loops per departure window.
(in alphabetical order)
SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS
GABBY ARON
Workshop Leader
Chef Gabby began her food business Autumn Olive Foodworks in 2016 in efforts to combine her interest and experience in permaculture with feeding people and being a part of the local food economy. Coming from a multicultural food centered background, the seeds for food and environmental literacy were planted at a young age. Gabby holds certifications in Permaculture design, Culinary Arts, and has formally studied organic agriculture. She has worked as a culinary and garden educator, farmer, CSA and farm store coordinator (to name a few), all while building her reputation as a true farm to table chef in the garden state. She aims to apply the principles of permaculture to her food business and personal life in order to propagate a more compassionate, nourishing, and connective relationship to the natural world.
NICK BABLADELIS
Workshop Leader, Alumni Panel Participant
Nick Babladelis serves as the Environmental Steward for St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH. In this role, he supports the ecology and sustainability of the St. Paul’s School community. He teaches across the curriculum but calls the Sciences Division his home. He currently holds the Albert P. Neilson ’48 Chair in Environmental Stewardship and Education at SPS.
Mr. Babladelis studied biochemistry at Wake Forest University and later completed a master of divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary with a focus on faith, science, and ecology. Between his degrees, Mr. Babladelis worked as a middle school science teacher, a freelance photographer, and a campus minister.
ERIC D. BARRETO
Faculty Panel Participant
Eric D. Barreto is the Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. He holds a BA in religion from Oklahoma Baptist University, an MDiv from Princeton Seminary, and a PhD in New Testament from Emory University. Prior to coming to Princeton Seminary, he served as associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, and also taught as an adjunct professor at the Candler School of Theology and McAfee School of Theology.
As a Baptist minister, Barreto has pursued scholarship for the sake of the church, and he regularly writes for and teaches in faith communities around the country.
BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR
Opening Worship Service Preacher
Barbara Brown Taylor is the New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World, Learning to Walk in the Dark, and Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others. After serving three congregations--two in downtown Atlanta and one in rural Habersham County, Georgia--she joined the faculty of Piedmont College as the first Butman Professor of Religion and Philosophy. Since she put down the chalk in 2017, she has spoken at events with wonderful names such as Wild Goose, Evolving Faith, Awakening Soul, and Gladdening Light, but her favorite gig is being the full-time caretaker of a farm in the foothills of the Appalachians where she lives with her husband Ed and very many animals. In 2024 she was elected to the Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame at the University of Georgia, and her new book, Coming Down to Earth is forthcoming from Convergent Books in 2026.
HEBER BROWN III
Closting Worship Service Preacher
Reverend Dr. Heber M. Brown, III has been a catalyst for personal transformation and social change for more than twenty years. For nearly fourteen years, he served as pastor of a baptist church in Baltimore where he saw and personally experienced the impacts of food apartheid. This helped to inspire him to launch the Black Church Food Security Network which advances food security and food sovereignty by co-creating Black food ecosystems anchored by nearly 250 Black congregations in partnership with Black farmers and other food justice stakeholders. He serves on the board of Bread For The World and Senior Church Advisor to Justis Connection; the premiere Black attorney referral network in the country and has garnered numerous awards including an Ashoka Fellowship. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Nothing More Sacred: Radical Stories Of Black Church Faith, Food and Freedom
KI JOO “KC” CHOI
Faculty Panel Participant
KC Choi is the Kyung-Chik Han Chair Professor of Asian American Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. His research and teaching interests include Protestant and Catholic ethics/moral theology, the thought of Jonathan Edwards, art theory and theological aesthetics, peace studies, critical ethnic studies, nonprofit ethics, and Asian American theology.
JEFF CHU
Featured Conversation Partner
Jeff Chu is an award-winning journalist and editor-at-large at Travel+Leisure. His most recent book is Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand, a profound meditation on nature, heritage, and belonging, from an accomplished journalist who left New York City for life on a working farm – the Farminary. He is also the author of Does Jesus Really Love Me? and the co-author, with the late Rachel Held Evans, of the New York Times bestseller Wholehearted Faith. Chu is a former Time staff writer and Fast Company editor whose work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Modern Farmer
KENDA CREASY DEAN
Faculty Panel Participant
Kenda Creasy Dean is an ordained United Methodist pastor in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference, and the Mary D. Synnott Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. In addition to teaching in practical theology, education, and formation (specifically youth and young adult ministry, Christian social innovation, and theories of teaching), Dean works closely with Princeton’s Institute for Youth Ministry and the Farminary. Dean is the author of numerous books on youth, church, and culture, the best known of which include Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church, Practicing Passion: Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church, and The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry with Ron Foster.
JOHN ANTHONY DUNNE
Featured Conversation Partner
John Anthony Dunne is an Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. Dr. Dunne's research interests lie primarily in the New Testament, the life and letters of Paul (esp. Galatians), Christian origins, and second temple Judaism. Within these frameworks he is fascinated by many things, including: theologies of suffering and mortality, ritual practices and participation with Christ, symbolism associated with ancient fermented beverages, critiques of imperial ideology, intertextuality with antecedent texts, and the reception of the Bible in contemporary popular culture.
ELAINE T. JAMES
Faculty Panel Participant
Elaine T. James, associate professor of Old Testament, joined the Princeton Theological Seminary faculty in 2019. She is the author of An Invitation to Biblical Poetry and Landscapes of the Song of Songs: Poetry and Place. Her work focuses on the literature of the Hebrew Bible, especially its poetry, examining its significance in ancient contexts and its legacies for the contemporary world. Guiding her research are questions about how aesthetic practices shape religious experience and theological thought. She is particularly interested in ancient concepts of ecology, art, creativity, and gender.
WILLIE JAMES JENNINGS
Featured Conversation Partner
Willie James Jennings is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. Jennings is a theologian who teaches in the areas of Christian thought, race theory, decolonial and environmental studies. Dr. Jennings is the author of the forthcoming Reframing the World: A Christian Doctrine of Creation. He is also the author of The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race and recipient of the 2010 American Academy of Religion Book of the Year in the Constructive- Reflective Studies category. He is also the author of After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging, which was the inaugural book in the much-anticipated book series, Theological Education between the Times, and has already become an instant classic, winning the 2020 book of the year award from Publisher’s Weekly
Dr. Willie James Jennings is an ordained Baptist minister and has served as interim pastor for several North Carolina churches. A Calvin College graduate, Jennings received his M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in religion and ethics from Duke.
TAMMIE BROWN LATIMORE
Alumni Panel Participant
Tammie Brown Latimore is a 2025 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary’s Master of Arts in Theology and Ecology program, where her capstone project examined how faith-rooted environmental stewardship can redirect real-estate acquisition toward justicecentered development in North Carolina’s communities of color. She holds a B.S. in Marketing from Xavier University of Louisiana and leverages that training to analyze the market forces that shape land use and housing policy.
TIYA MILES
Featured Conversation Partner
Tiya Miles is the author of eight books, including four prize-winning histories about race and slavery in the American past. Her latest work is the biography Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People. Her 2021 National Book Award winner, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, was a New York Times bestseller that won eleven historical and literary prizes, including the Cundill History Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize.
Her other nonfiction works include Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation, The Dawn of Detroit, Tales from the Haunted South, The House on Diamond Hill, and Ties That Bind. She has consulted with colleagues at historic sites and museums on representations of slavery, African American material culture, and the Black-Indigenous intertwined past, including, most recently, the Fabric of a Nation quilt exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Her work has been supported by a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award, the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Miles was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and she is currently the Michael Garvey Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at Harvard University.
CRYSTAL OLIVER
Workshop Leader
Crystal Oliver is a poet and songwriter living in Southern Maryland with particular interests in literary citizenship as community service, studies in songwriters, and professional literacy. She is a senior lecturer of English, an adjunct professor of Music, the Director of the Chesapeake Writers’ Conference, and the Editor-in-Chief at the EcoTheo Review. Her areas of teaching specialization include creative writing, the poetics of song, and feminist and multicultural critical approaches to the literature of music, magic, and addiction. Her writing has appeared in Bluestem, The Brooklyn Review, The Delmarva Review, Woman, and Southern Maryland: This Is Living.
WERNER RAMIREZ
Workshop Leader, Alumni Panel Participant
Werner Ramirez is a Guatemalan immigrant who grew up in Long Beach, CA. He is an ordained minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He holds an M.Div and a MA in Christian Education & Spiritual Formation from Princeton Theological Seminary. Werner has worked in youth ministry for over a decade on both coasts in suburban and urban contexts. He currently serves as the Associate Pastor for Congregational Care and Family Ministries at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.
HANNA REICHEL
Panel Participant
Hanna Reichel is Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Prior to coming to Princeton, they taught at Heidelberg University and Halle-Wittenberg University in Germany. Reichel is also a research fellow at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
An internationally renowned scholar and widely sought speaker, Reichel has authored three monographs, co-edited nine collected volumes, and published several dozen scholarly articles. Reichel’s newest book, For Such a Time as This: An Emergency Devotional is directed at a wider audience, offering a timely resource for ordinary Christians seeking to live faithfully in extraordinary times of societal upheaval and political fragility.
LARRY ROGERS
Workshop Leader
Larry Rogers serves as the inaugural Farm Manager at the Farminary at Princeton Theological Seminary. After growing up in a small town in North Carolina, Larry started farming during his undergraduate studies. He has been farming ever since, gaining experience in vegetable production, livestock, maple-sugaring, and permaculture at farms in North Carolina, Maryland, Washington, and Vermont. In addition to his fifteen years of farming experience, Larry also brings to Princeton Seminary a Master of Theological Studies from Duke Divinity School. Larry embraces his work as a kind of repentance for the stealing, killing, and destroying that too frequently permeate our world.
HANNAH LEE ROSE
Workshop Leader
hannah lee Rose is a comedy writer, improv instructor, teaching artist, and current seminarian in the Master of Theological Studies program and recent alumna of the Master of Arts in Theology and Ecology program at Princeton Theological Seminary.
MACI SEPP
Panel Facilitator
Maci Sepp is the Director of Admissions for Princeton Theological Seminary. Sepp earned master’s degrees in Divinity and Theology from Princeton, along with certificates in Black Church Studies and Theology, Women, and Gender before working in the Seminary’s Office of Admissions as Associate Director of Recruitment. After serving with Columbia Theological Seminary as Director of Vocational Outreach, she returned to Princeton Seminary for her current position.
LISSETTE SOSA-GONZALEZ
Workshop Leader, Alumni Panel Participant
Lissette González Sosa is a Wild Church Pastor and Executive Director of Sanctuary + Seed, an organization repurposing the former Christ Presbyterian Church in Martinsville, New Jersey, as a multi-use space for the restoration of the earth, humanity, and their relationship with one another. Founded by BIPOC women, Sanctuary + Seed is a response to the rapidly shifting cultural, ecological, & religious landscapes, guided by the principles of adaptive reuse, ecologicallycentered design, and human-centered design. With 25+ years of experience supporting families and teens in the nonprofit sector, she is committed to serving others and building bridges across communities. Her deep love for the land and people is rooted in decades of service alongside migrant and immigrant farmworkers, where she witnessed firsthand the sacred connection between the earth and the movement of people.
NATHAN STUCKY
Director of the Farminary Project
Nathan Stucky serves as Director of the Farminary Project at Princeton Theological Seminary. He grew up on a farm in Kansas where his love for Christian faith and agriculture first took root. After earning a BA in Music from Bethel College (KS), Stucky spent six years doing ecumenical youth ministry on the eastern shore of Maryland, and two years farming back in Kansas. After farming, Stucky earned an MDiv and a PhD (Practical Theology, Christian Education and Formation) from Princeton Theological Seminary. His scholarship explores questions of land, ecology, theology, agriculture, justice, joy, and Sabbath as they relate to theological education. He is the author of Wrestling with Rest: Inviting Youth to Discover the Gift of Sabbath. Ordained in the Mennonite Church (USA), Stucky engages Farminary work as integral to his calling to teaching ministry.
TINK TINKER
Panel Participant
A member of the faculty at the Iliff School of Theology, Tink Tinker teaches courses in American Indian cultures, history, and religious traditions; cross-cultural and Third-World theologies; and justice and peace studies and is a frequent speaker on these topics both in the U.S. and internationally. His publications include American Indian Liberation: A Theology of Sovereignty; Spirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American Indian Liberation; and Missionary Conquest: The Gospel and Native American Genocide. He co-authored A Native American Theology; and he is co-editor of Native Voices: American Indian Identity and Resistance, and Fortress Press’ Peoples’ Bible
MICHAEL W. TWITTY
Featured Conversation Partner
Michael W. Twitty is a noted culinary and cultural historian and the creator of Afroculinaria, the first blog devoted to African American historic foodways and their legacies. He has been honored by FirstWeFeast.com as one of the twenty greatest food bloggers of all time, and named one of the “Fifty People Who Are Changing the South” by Southern Living and one of the “Five Cheftavists to Watch” by TakePart.com. He is the author of Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew and The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South. Twitty has appeared throughout the media, including on NPR’s The Splendid Table, and has given more than 250 talks in the United States and abroad. His work has appeared in Ebony, the Guardian, and on NPR.org. He is also a Smith fellow with the Southern Foodways Alliance, a TED fellow and speaker, and the first Revolutionary in Residence at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
JONATHAN LEE WALTON
President, Princeton Theological Seminary
Jonathan Lee Walton became president of Princeton Theological Seminary in 2023. A social ethicist, his scholarship explores the intersection of evangelical Christianity, mass media, and political culture. He is the author of Watch This! The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism (NYU Press, 2009) and A Lens of Love: Reading the Bible in Its World for Our World (Westminster John Knox Press, 2018). His writing has appeared in academic journals, books, magazines, and newspapers, and his insights have been featured in outlets such as the New York Times, CNN, Time Magazine, and PBS. He also serves on the Humanities Advancement Council at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Walton earned both his Ph.D. and M.Div. degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. Before returning as president, he was dean of Wake Forest University’s School of Divinity, where he held the Presidential Chair in Religion & Society. He also previously served as the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard University.
WES WILLISON
Panel Facilitator
Wes Willison is a realtor and a pastor. He integrates his training in pastoral ministry with the home search process, believing that a person’s home is not merely a commodity, but something that shapes and forms your life in ways you choose and ways you don’t. He holds a BA in Political Science from Swarthmore College and a Masters of Divinity from The Farminary and Princeton Theological Seminary. He writes and podcasts at How to Get Home.
NORMAN WIRZBA
Panel Participant
Norman Wirzba is Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology & Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University. He is the author of This Sacred Life: Humanity’s Place in a Wounded World. His research and teaching interests are at the intersections of theology, philosophy, ecology, and agrarian and environmental studies. Raised on a farm in Southern Alberta, Norman went on to study history at the University of Lethbridge, theology at Yale University Divinity School, and philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. Since then he has taught at Saint Thomas More College/University of Saskatchewan, Georgetown College (KY), and Duke University Divinity School.
EDUCATION PARTNERS
MAPS AND LOGISTICS
FARMINARY MAP
MAIN CAMPUS MAP
Shuttle Pick-up and Drop-off happens just behind Wright Library (25 Library Place)
You are welcome to park in the Library lot.
LOGISTICS
IS THE FARM EQUIPPED FOR PEOPLE WITH ACCESSIBILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATIONS?
The Seminary’s 21-acre farm includes a barn with running water, a pond, a garden plot, and three all-gender portable toilets, one of which is ADA-compliant. Participants should prepare for dirt, gravel, and grass-covered grounds, along with a rugged setting surrounded by natural elements like weather, insects, and animals. We encourage participants to consider their participation accordingly.
This event is low-tech and will not include devices to help those hard of hearing. We suggest you sit as close to the stage or speaker as possible!
Unfortunately, at this time, we are also unable to offer an ASL interpreter.
I HAVE QUESTIONS DURING THE WEEK. WHO DO I TALK TO?
Look for the Farm Team in blue shirts! If they can’t answer your question, they can quickly get in touch with the person who can. Seminary staff members will also be available at the Oasis Station throughout the week.
CAN I PARK ON SITE IF I DON’T HAVE A PARKING PASS?
Yes, but it is not guaranteed. We will only have 20 available spots on any given day.
WHERE DO I GO IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY?
The Oasis Station. Members of the Princeton Seminary Public Safety Team will be on site throughout the week; it will be easiest to connect with them if you come to the Oasis Station first. A First Aid Kit will also be on hand at the Oasis Station.
We do have a beehive on site. If allergic, please use caution and bring an EpiPen if appropriate.
IS THERE WI-FI AT THE FARM?
Not for the general public — enjoy the freedom!
WHERE ARE THE RESTROOMS?
There are two restroom options: First, the ADA-accessible toilet trailer — with handwashing stations — will be set up next to the cottage (on the other side of the patio). Second, stalls will be available between the cottage and the pumphouse (the two buildings alongside the patio).
WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR LUNCH?
Lunch will not be provided on-site. Brown-bagging is welcome! We’ve tried to leave ample time for attendees to head out for lunch.
Books from our Featured Conversation Partners will be available for sale on-site, thanks to a partnership with our fabulous local bookseller, Labyrinth Books. Find them all at the Oasis Station!
PARTNER RECOGNITION
HARVEST PARTNER
GARDEN PARTNER
FRIENDS OF THE FARM
Shane and Corrie Berg
Jay Marshall
Jeffrey S. Bromme
M. Craig and Dawne Barnes
Michele Minter & Jeff Yuan
Mark and Susan DeVries
STUDENT SPONSORS
Catherine Breed
Tyler Brinks
Gordon Fowler
Brooke Foster
Noah Gourlie
Nancy Gross
Rev. Karen Hernandez-Granzen
Martha Hill
Rachel Johnson
Amelia Kennedy
Stan McMichael
Linda Romano
Lana Russell
Karen Slack
Lachhring Tamang
Amy Wang
Burt Westermeier
Koree Yancy
Phyllis Zoon
OASIS STATION SPONSOR
CHEF PARTNERS
CHEF GABBY ARON www.autumnolivefoodworks.com @autumnolivefoodworks on Instagram
CHEF MARGO ALLEN CARNER @fridge2table on Instagram
HOLLEY BARRETO www.sugarstreetbakehouse.com @sugarstreetbakehouse on Instagram
CHEF JESSE JONES www.chefjessejones.com @chef_jes1 on Instagram
CHEF NASH REBA www.chefnashreba.com @chefnashreba on Instagram
CHEF SALVATORE RICCOBONO www.woodcraftcatering.com @woodcraftcatering on Instagram
CHEF KWAME WILLIAMS kwamewilliams.com @chefkwill on Instagram
