Community Stories, Climate Realities
2026-09-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Farminary, 4200 Princeton Pike, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United States
“First Thursdays at the Farm” is a distinctive dinner series hosted at The Farminary, Princeton Theological Seminary’s 21-acre farm. Featuring a unique line-up of speakers, the intimate dinners are designed to generate meaningful conversation. No big presentations; just big ideas and delicious food in a one-of-a-kind venue.
COST: $120 per person.

Community Stories, Climate Realities
Dr. Allison Carruth—author of Novel Ecologies and a documentarian exploring climate change’s impact on communities—joins us for a conversation at the intersection of storytelling, ecology, and faith. They conversation will examine how narrative—on the page, on film, and on the land—shapes public understanding of climate realities and galvanizes communal response. Together, we will consider how local stories can cultivate resilience, moral imagination, and collective action in a warming world.
A special preview of excerpts from Carruth’s forthcoming documentary will take place following the dinner.
Dinner presented by:
Chef Gabby Aron began Autumn Olive Foodworks, her small food business, in 2016 in efforts to combine her passions for sustainable agriculture with feeding her community, and family style hospitality. Coming from a multicultural food loving background, the seeds for food and environmental justice, access, and education were planted at a young age. She has worked as a culinary and garden educator, a micro farmer, a CSA coordinator (to name a few), while building her reputation as a farm to table chef and educator.
About the Farminary:
The Farminary is a place where theological education is integrated with small-scale 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. “The project’s main goal is to form leaders by cultivating ecological and agricultural sensibilities within them like paying attention to the seasons, understanding the interconnectedness of life and death, and becoming comfortable with failure,” says Nate Stucky, director of the Farminary Project.
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Community Stories, Climate Realities — Film Screening & Q&A
2026-09-10 19:45 - 21:00
Set against the living landscape of the Farminary at Princeton Theological Seminary, this early screening with Allison Carruth offers a rare glimpse into her forthcoming documentary with BlueLab Media. Featuring vignettes from the California Film Project, the evening explores the fragile and resilient worlds of oysters, giant kelp, and abalone—and the human communities intertwined with them in a changing climate. Surrounded by fields, water, and wildlife, the Farminary becomes an extension of the film itself, inviting deeper attention to the stories shaping our ecological future. A Q&A with Carruth will follow.
About the Farminary:
The Farminary is a place where theological education is integrated with small-scale 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. “The project’s main goal is to form leaders by cultivating ecological and agricultural sensibilities within them like paying attention to the seasons, understanding the interconnectedness of life and death, and becoming comfortable with failure,” says Nate Stucky, director of the Farminary Project.
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Food, Nature, and the Creative Life
2026-10-01 18:00 - 20:00
“First Thursdays at the Farm” is a distinctive dinner series hosted at The Farminary, Princeton Theological Seminary’s 21-acre farm. Featuring a unique line-up of speakers, the intimate dinners are designed to generate meaningful conversation. No big presentations; just big ideas and delicious food in a one-of-a-kind venue.
COST: $120 per person.

Food, Nature, and the Creative Life
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees, joins us for a conversation rooted in land and table. Over dinner, we will explore how attention to food and the natural world nourishes both artistic practice and spiritual formation. Drawing on poetry, personal story, and the Farminary’s working farm, the dialogue will invite participants to savor creativity as an embodied, ecological act.
A reading and book signing open to the full public will take place following the dinner.
Dinner presented by:
Chef Kwame Williams is a culinary creative whose work reflects a deep appreciation for bold flavors, cultural storytelling, and the connective power of food. Drawing on diverse culinary influences, he brings both technical expertise and imaginative flair to the kitchen, crafting dishes that are vibrant, thoughtful, and rooted in tradition. Known for his generous spirit and collaborative approach, Kwame sees cooking not only as craft, but as a way to build community and spark meaningful conversation around the table.
About the Farminary:
The Farminary is a place where theological education is integrated with small-scale 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. “The project’s main goal is to form leaders by cultivating ecological and agricultural sensibilities within them like paying attention to the seasons, understanding the interconnectedness of life and death, and becoming comfortable with failure,” says Nate Stucky, director of the Farminary Project.
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Food, Nature, and the Creative Life — Poetry Reading & Conversation
2026-10-01 19:45 - 21:00
Join Aimee Nezhukumatathil for an evening of poetry and reflection at the Farminary at Princeton Theological Seminary, where the rhythms of land and language meet. Drawing from her bestselling work Bite by Bite and newest poetry collection, Night Owl, Nezhukumatathil will read poems that celebrate the sensory, surprising, and sustaining connections between food, nature, and memory. In this open-air setting—alive with crops, birdsong, and the turning season—the creative life is not abstract but embodied and shared. A Q&A and book signing will follow.
About the Farminary:
The Farminary is a place where theological education is integrated with small-scale 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. “The project’s main goal is to form leaders by cultivating ecological and agricultural sensibilities within them like paying attention to the seasons, understanding the interconnectedness of life and death, and becoming comfortable with failure,” says Nate Stucky, director of the Farminary Project.
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