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“THE GOOD EARTH”
BOOK SCENE
BY DONALD H. SANBORN III
BY STUART MITCHNER
How living in China inspired Pearl S. Buck
Food from the earth
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ZERO-ENERGY HOMES
FARM + SEMINARY = FARMINARY
BY DONALD GILPIN
BY ILENE DUBE
The future is now
Princeton Theological Seminary’s sustainable farm helps teach prospective theologians about the meaning of life
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TODAY’S 4-H SERENITY AMONG THE VINES
BY WENDY GREENBERG
Broadening its mission from the farm to the science lab
BY LAURIE PELLICHERO
Spring is a great time to get outside and visit the many area wineries
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THE RACE TO RECYCLE
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BY WILL UHL
Overcoming the lithium-ion battery’s Achilles heel
A WELL-DESIGNED LIFE BY LYNN ADAMS SMITH 78, 80
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MYCOLOGICAL MADNESS BY ANNE LEVIN
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ON THE COVER: The Earth Issue, featuring a portrait of Pearl S. Buck. (Illustration by Jeffrey Edward Tryon)
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| FROM THE EDITOR Dear Readers, Welcome to the Spring issue of Princeton Magazine where you will discover a range of articles exploring how we can protect, enjoy, and learn from Mother Earth. The cover illustration created by our Art Director, Jeffrey Tryon, blends a painterly image of Earth with a portrait of Pearl S. Buck, author of The Good Earth. Donald Sanborn’s article about Buck explains how her time in China inspired her to write the book in 1931, which is known for its epic descriptions of peasant farm life in China. The “nourishing power of the land” is the book’s central theme, and that still resonates strongly today. In addition to being a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author, Buck was an advocate for women’s rights, minority groups, and mixed-race adoptions. Today, her home in Bucks County is a museum and the location of her active and impactful foundation. The original intention of an Earth issue has taken on new meaning as countries around the globe unite in support of Ukraine. There is an age-old Russian military deception tactic known as “maskirovka,” or little masquerade. It is clear that the world won’t allow Vladimir Putin to hide behind a veil of maskirovka as he demonstrates blatant disregard for human life and world order. According to the New York Times, “a crucial portion of the world’s wheat, corn, and barley is trapped in Russia and Ukraine, and an even larger portion of the world’s fertilizer is stuck in Russia and Belarus; threatening the size of the next harvests.” The International Energy Agency announced “a global energy crisis is looming” and has asked countries and citizens to conserve fuel. Putin has been empowered by the world’s dependency on fossil fuels and his invasion of Ukraine is a lesson in hubris. Ironically, the war he instigated has prompted Germany and other countries to speed-up wind and solar renewable energy projects, so they can lessen their reliance on Russian gas. Reducing our use of fossil fuels will empower us and eases the effects of global warming. What can we do as individuals to help? Buildings are responsible for about 40 percent of the greenhouse gases released into the air. Don Gilpin’s article about net-zero explains how homeowners, builders, designers, and architects can take meaningful steps towards reducing carbon emissions with zero-energy homes. On a personal note, I am in the midst of building a home and proud of doing my small part to reduce carbon emissions by choosing a tankless water heater, electric heat pump, electric range, LED light bulbs, and installing a 240-volt receptacle in the garage to recharge my future electric car. Gas vehicles account for about 29 percent of greenhouse emissions and manufactures are ramping up the design and production of electric cars. With millions of electric cars set to hit the road, scientists are seeking better ways to recycle lithium-ion batteries. Will Uhl spoke to Dr. Chao Yan at Princeton NuEnergy who, along with his colleagues, has developed environmentally sustainable technology to
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recycle lithium-ion batteries. They have patents pending through Princeton University’s Accelerator Fund which advances technologies from labs into commercial development, then into the global marketplace. You might be surprised to learn that 4-H has been proactive in introducing children to innovative technologies. Wendy Greenberg’s article reveals that today’s 4-H has broadened its mission from the farm to the science lab. Robotics, marine science, climate change, sustainable energy, and STEM classes are just a sample of the exciting topics 4-H members explore. The connection to farm animals is still an important part of the club and the popular 4-H Fair will be held locally at Howell Living History Farm on July 30. Speaking of farms, Ilene Dube has written an article about Princeton Theological Seminary’s farm located on Princeton Pike. It’s called the Farminary, and it integrates theological education with sustainable agriculture. The Farminary teaches prospective theologians about the meaning of life while tending to vegetable fields, chickens, goats, and honey bees. The Farminary has proven to be a welcome respite for the students during the ongoing pandemic. If you aren’t inclined to grow your own vegetables, you can purchase CSA shares from a number of local farms including Honey Brook Organic Farm, Cherry Grove Organic Farm, and Cherry Valley Farm. Terhune Orchards offers a variety of pick-your-own seasonal produce and you can also shop at their wellstocked farm store. Spring is mushroom foraging season in New Jersey and Anne Levin’s article explains the process and growing appeal of learning how to spot edible fungi during a mushroom treasure hunt. Here is an important safety tip — never pick a wild mushroom with gills! Mushroom foraging has become popular in recent years as a way to enjoy nature, but it’s also a fun activity that can result in healthy and delicious meals. If you are in need of recipes for your freshly-picked chanterelles, check out Stuart Mitchner’s Book Scene for a selection of vegetarian cookbooks. Stuart and his wife are avid foodies, so you can trust these cookbook recommendations. Wine enthusiasts will enjoy Laurie Pellichero’s article on local vineyards where you can pick up a bottle to pair with your meal. Or you might prefer to visit a vineyard as a relaxing spring outing, where you can experience the nourishing power of the land. Bob Hillier and I would like to personally wish you all good health and a happy spring. We hope you enjoy reading the Earth issue of Princeton Magazine as much as we enjoyed creating it. Respectfully yours,
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Statue of Pearl S. Buck in Pearl Buck Park, Zhenjiang, China. (Shutterstock.com)
Pearl S. Buck, circa 1931. (Wikipedia/Arnold Genthe)
“If
you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday,” author and activist Pearl S. Buck is quoted as saying. To understand Buck’s work as the author of The Good Earth and founder of the organization that became Pearl S. Buck International, based in Bucks County, Pa., it is helpful to search her upbringing as the daughter of a missionary in China. Buck (1892-1973) was the daughter of Absalom Sydenstricker, a Southern Presbyterian missionary, and Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker. When Buck was 5 months old, the family moved to China, eventually settling near Nanking; they chose to live among the Chinese people rather than in a missionary compound. Pearl S. Buck International’s biography of Buck notes that she “played with Chinese children and visited their homes … she later used this material in her novels.” However, Buck also observed the suffocating effect of Absalom’s work on his relationship with his family, especially his treatment of Caroline. Buck’s mother had “accompanied her husband to China, where she was homesick for the remaining 40 years of her life,” writes Peter Conn in Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography (Cambridge University Press, 1996). “Carie’s emotionally impoverished marriage and exile provided Pearl a tragic example of the price that women pay for the loyalty to codes and customs that oppress them. It was the most important lesson Pearl would ever learn … [she] would not, as Carie had done, collaborate
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in her own defeat,” Conn writes. But he adds that, despite Buck’s rejection of her father’s religious beliefs, she inherited “his evangelical zeal, his sense of rectitude, and his passion for learning … she became, in effect, a secular missionary, bringing the gospels of civil rights and cross-cultural understanding to people on two continents.” Conn writes of Buck’s mother, “Wherever she lived in China … Carie always made a flower garden. These were places of beauty and refuge, walled off from the Chinese streets that surrounded them.” Asked whether this influenced the agrarian theme of The Good Earth, Conn tells this writer, “I thought of the gardens much more … in terms of a kind of emblem for the general disquiet and sense of loneliness that Pearl’s mother confronted, from the time she got to China until she died.” VJ Kopacki, historic house director and curator for Pearl S. Buck International, adds that Caroline was “vibrant, thoughtful, and had a head full of ideas — and the only place in which she could express herself … was in that space of her garden. She could release some of that feeling of isolation and exile.” Kopacki observes that Buck “was an outspoken critic of the way that men, specifically American men, tended to treat their wives.” “The Good earTh”
In 1931 Buck published The Good Earth, which became the best-selling novel in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932. It was written when she was living in China with her first husband, John Lossing Buck, an agricultural economist who specialized in the rural economy of China, and is set in Anhui, where the couple lived for several years. The Good Earth depicts the family of a farmer, Wang Lung, and his wife O-Lan. The family is confronted by many hardships, including famine and drought. O-Lan also contends with Wang Lung’s infidelity. The Good Earth received the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for “notable works which pave the way to a human sympathy passing over widely separated racial boundaries.” Pearl S. Buck International’s biography of the author notes that she was the “first American woman to be awarded both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes.” Conn adds that the novel was a “cultural phenomenon” that has been “translated into at least 60 languages.” Asked about the extent to which a connection can be made between Buck’s upbringing and the writing of The Good Earth, Conn says, “The childhood provided Buck with a base, mostly linguistic and cultural.” He notes that Buck’s knowledge of the Chinese language made her “almost unique” among Western travelers. “Most travelers, including most of the missionaries (excluding Buck’s father, who did learn the language, to his
credit) depended on interpreters.” Kopacki observes that Buck “wrote about people that she knew; her characters were drawn from the people that she met in her youth and adulthood. She probably couldn’t have written The Good Earth … with such clarity, or what is often cited as a fairly authentic voice (certainly for the time) of life in rural China, had she not lived there, loved her life there, and loved the people there.” But Conn emphasizes the importance of Buck’s adulthood in China as well. He observes that Anhui province was at that time “considered one of the poorest regions of China.” He adds that living in a “rural community that depended on farming and was (like the characters in The Good Earth) always subject to drought, flood, and the occasional bandits … provided her with the material” for the novel. Of the novel’s lasting cultural importance, Conn says, “In my book I talk about a study that was done in the early 1950s by a sociologist, Harold Isaacs, who published a book, Scratches on Our Minds. The purpose of the book was to determine where Americans acquired whatever they knew about India and China. “Nearly 25 years after [Buck’s novel’s] publication, the most frequently cited source among Isaacs’ responders to the question, ‘Where did you acquire whatever you think you know about China?’ was The Good Earth. I don’t think I have ever been able to think of another book that had quite that kind of impact.”
Vintage Pocket Book Edition of The Good Earth.
Sculpture of Pearl S. Buck’s novel The Good Earth in Pearl Buck Park in Zhenjiang, China. (Shutterstock.com)
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natural progression from issues she already cared about.” Conn adds, “She was also a lifelong student of power — and powerlessness. These ethnically mixed children epitomized powerlessness.” Noting that at that time countries such as China required children to be registered in their fathers’ names, he continues, “In a legal sense, these children didn’t even exist.” “In the patriarchal Confucian cultures of much of East Asia, such children were outcasts,” Conn explains. “First, because they didn’t have legitimate fathers. Second, because they were mixed race. So a lot of those children ended up on the streets, were abused, and many lost their lives. So Welcome House quickly became a resource for moving some of those children to the U.S., to try and find homes for them with American parents.” Kopacki adds that for Buck, seeing “the way that Americans in particular were not taking responsibility for these children abroad … impacted her tremendously. She realized this was something she could change; she had an incredible amount of influence in the community.” Conn remarks that, ultimately, Welcome House is a “manifestation of Buck’s deep, lifelong commitment to the welfare of children, and a concern with the dispossessed — in part because she had observed her mother feeling dispossessed. That actually is what The Good Earth is all about: what happens to ordinary people when they are confronted with a massive and irresistible force. It’s not a sentimental book; it’s a tough-minded book in which people suffer more than they prosper.” Conn notes that his fourth child “was adopted from Korea through Welcome House, about 50 years ago. I encountered Pearl S. Buck through one example of her lifelong social and humanitarian activism.” Pearl s. Buck InternatIonal
A 1949 photo of Pearl S. Buck and two Welcome House children: Leon Yoder (in her arms) and David Yoder (the first Welcome House child). (Courtesy of Pearl S. Buck International)
Welcome House
“The test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members,” Buck is quoted as saying. In 1949 she founded the Welcome House adoption program, in response to the plight of children who were fathered, and frequently abandoned, by American servicemen in Asia. In the founding of Welcome House, Buck was aided by luminaries and Bucks County acquaintances such as author James Michener and Broadway lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. Pearl S. Buck International’s website notes that Welcome House was the first adoption
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agency specializing in the placement of biracial children, though changes in international adoption regulations led to the program’s cessation in 2014. Buck founded Welcome House after being unable to find a home for a 15-month-old because of his mixed-race background. “There’s a line from Pearl Buck: ‘Nine months after a military occupation, you always have babies,’” Kopacki says, adding that for Buck — who, as early as the 1930s, had been an outspoken proponent of civil rights and a supporter of organizations such as the NAACP — the founding of Welcome House “was a
The website for Pearl S. Buck International states that the organization continues the author’s “legacy of bridging cultures and changing lives through intercultural education, humanitarian aid, and sharing the Pearl S. Buck House National Historic Landmark museum.” Kopacki explains that this is accomplished through education (tours at the museum), humanitarian aid, and multicultural programming. Pearl S. Buck International is a continuation of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, which the author created in 1964. The website notes that the foundation was chartered as “a child sponsorship organization to help children in their own countries with health, education, and job training.” The Pearl S. Buck House is located on a 68acre estate in Perkasie, Pa. In Buck’s time it was known as Green Hills Farm, and Kopacki notes that there are extant signs in Bucks County that refer to the property by that name. The beige
“the homes could be repaired.” Construction work, such as making roofs sturdier, was done so that “if this happens again, that the damage will be less severe.” Kopacki adds that day-to-day assistance includes providing children with “health care, education, and psychosocial support.” The organization’s website offers viewers the chance to sponsor children from places including China, Kenya, and the Philippines. CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE
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Conn says that as he researched his biography of Buck, “I found myself engaged more and more with an extraordinary woman whose cultural significance was far-reaching for decades, however much it may have receded in the 21st century.” He considers Buck to be a “woman
whose impact and very diverse, eventful, and consequential career should be better known.” “Her story has quieted in recent years,” Kopacki agrees. “There’s still a generation of older people out there who know and love her, but I think younger people could really benefit from hearing her story, and seeing how it’s relevant for their lives, even today.” Kopacki describes Buck as a “pioneer” of activism for causes for which the fight is “still ongoing,” and says that Pearl S. Buck International uses the author’s legacy to “spark conversation — to keep a dialogue going, and help people see how they, like Pearl Buck, might be able to change the world.” To learn more about Pearl S. Buck International or to sponsor a child, visit pearlsbuck.org.
A stamp of Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, featured in the Great Americans series, circa 1980.
stone farmhouse became the author’s home in 1934, three years after the publication of The Good Earth. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1980, and it has been a museum since 2002. Kopacki explains that the house looked different when Buck arrived; the author made substantial alterations and additions to the architecture. “It’s still recognizable as the same house, but she made a lot of changes to it. It was something of a passion project for her. She adored the house, she lived in it for quite some time,” though “toward the end of her life she spent more time in Vermont.” An ongoing tour at the museum is titled “Taking Action.” Kopacki says that the tour explores the “causes that Pearl S. Buck cared about — civil rights, women’s rights, rights for disabled people” with an emphasize on “how these issues are still impactful today.” In March, in time for Women’s History Month, the museum launched “Dangerous Women,” a virtual exhibit. “It’s about women, like Pearl Buck, who were radical for their time,” Kopacki says, describing the exhibit’s subjects as “outsiders” who “took the initiative to change the world, even though it incited criticism — and even, in some cases, violence — against them.” Of the humanitarian efforts of Pearl S. Buck International, Kopacki says, “We sponsor children in orphanages and in families, as well as kids going to college, to try and help them achieve their full potential. We work in multiple countries all over the world.” Kopacki points to aid in response to the typhoons in the Philippines. “The typhoons did tremendous amounts of damage to homes … children were standing in six inches of water. That’s obviously not a safe or hygienic way for anyone to live.” The organization solicited donations so that
Pearl S. Buck, circa 1960. (Shutterstock.com)
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uildings are responsible for about 40 percent of all greenhouse gases, and every building, including your home, creates CO2 through the energy used in construction and the energy required to operate it. Most climate scientists (along with the Paris Agreement of 2015) warn that the world must reach net-zero carbon by 2050 to avoid the most disastrous effects of heat, flooding, sea level rise, and weather extremes. The climate crisis is an international security threat, as it increasingly creates dislocation of millions and migration of vast populations. This climate-fueled instability creates military tensions, financial hazards, and world health emergencies. In the United States the climate catastrophe has resulted in record droughts in the West; wildfires in California, Montana, Utah and elsewhere; power grids strained in Texas and throughout the nation; reservoir water supplies at record lows; flooding throughout the country; and pervasive crises caused by extreme weather. Sooner or later — and many experts say our planet’s survival depends on making that sooner — all buildings will need to achieve netzero carbon. Homeowners and buyers, as well as designers and builders, must focus on net-zero carbon in all facets of construction, renovations, and operation. ED JENKS’ ZERO-ENERGY HOME
On a cold, rainy morning in early February I visited Ed Jenks in his zero-energy home, one of very few in the state, nestled in a wooded setting just off Route 12 near Flemington. “Ed’s house is unique in that he had a full commitment to meeting the criteria of a net- zero end result, which is a very ambitious goal, especially in our climate with its heating and cooling demands,” said Rob Faucett, the architect and builder who teamed up with Jenks in the planning and construction of his home. “Not everyone is willing to make that level of commitment. He was very committed to hitting that goal net zero in every aspect of his house — and he did it. It’s quite impressive.” About eight years ago, Jenks and his wife Joan decided to move to the Flemington area to live closer to one of their daughters and their grandchildren, but they were unable to find a one-story house that suited their purposes for aging in place. “All the one-floor houses in the area were built in the ’50s, ’60s, or ’70s,” Jenks wrote in his Net-Zero House blog (net-zerohouse.com). “All had poor insulation, poor windows, and small rooms.” So, they decided to plan and build their own comfortable, energy-efficient home, designed to resemble a 1920s Craftsman dwelling. With its focus on human-made craftsmanship and the beauty of natural materials and forms,
the Craftsman style, with the appeal of its simplicity, remains popular for homes. Some of the distinctively Craftsman-like characteristics in Jenks’ home, are the low-pitched roof with gables and overhanging eaves, the earth tones — light green and brown, the one-and-a-half-stories height, and the wide front and back porches held up by tapered columns. Jenks started his career more than 50 years ago as an IBM field engineer fixing IBM mainframe computers — “the most complex machine ever made,” he claimed. He moved into management at IBM in 1979, worked in the federal systems division of IBM and then Lockheed Martin for many years before “retiring.” Then he went into real estate investing and started a construction business in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. “My background is in computer analysis, then 20 years in IBM management,” he said. “I challenge things. I question.” He is a problemsolver, and the problem he decided to solve seven years ago was how to build a net-zero energy home. “I knew energy efficiency was the way to go,” he said. “I didn’t know much about it then, but I spent two years researching it.” Jenks knew he could build a home that was more energy efficient than anything on the market, but he did not know how far he could go. He first came across the Passive House, a concept developed in the early 1990s in Germany. A Passive House is an ultra-low energy building with reduced ecological footprint requiring little energy for heating or cooling. It is designed to capture solar energy to help heat the house. The house would face south with lots of windows on the south side and no windows on the north side. Jenks was not satisfied with the Passive House concept for his New Jersey home. He did his research and started going to conferences.
He saw difficulties in trying to gain passive solar heat energy, not the least of which was overheating the house in the summer. “Maybe it worked in Germany,” he said, “but in the United States it didn’t sound right.” As for the Passive House certificate to hang on the wall, “I didn’t care about the piece of paper,” said Jenks, “I just wanted a comfortable house.” In his research Jenks came across the term “net-zero house,” a standard created by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). He was looking for a comfortable house and the lowest possible energy bills, and after reading several DOE and Canadian studies on net-zero he decided that was the route to take. Jenks knew a lot before he started on the path to zero energy, and he learned a lot more along the way. “The easiest way to describe a net-zero house is that it is built like a thermos bottle with windows,” he wrote in his blog. “It’s a house that is so well insulated and so tight it takes very little energy to heat or cool it.” “The whole idea if you’re building an energyefficient house is two things: insulation and tightness, how tightly the house is sealed,” he said. He cited examples of homes he had read about that would retain almost all their heat overnight despite sub-freezing temperatures. “And heating bills going from thousands of dollars a year to low hundreds,” he added. “Then what little energy it takes to run the house, that gets covered by a small solar photovoltaic (PV) system.” (Solar panels cover the roof of Jenks’ garage.) Abundant, strategically placed insulation is key, from the basement floor and walls to the above-ground walls and the roof. “The idea is a continuous flow of insulation surrounding the house,” he wrote.
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Ed Jenks’ zero-energy home. (Photos courtesy of Ed Jenks)
His large basement includes R-10 insulation under the floor and R-20 in the walls, with R-40/45 in exterior walls and R50/60 under the roof. A crucial problem Jenks had to solve was “thermal bridging,” the conductivity of heat and cold through walls, doors, windows — a major source of energy loss. “Thermal bridging is a four-letter word in house construction,” he said. “In a traditional exterior wall the studding will thermal bridge cold into the house, so will traditional windows, sill plates, and on and on, so fighting bridging is a high goal.” Strips of insulation helped Jenks to “break the thermal linkage” and stop the cold on the outside from coming in. He insisted on two 10-inchthick walls and a 10-inch cavity between them built to break the thermal barrier. For insulation, Jenks used a combination of cellulose and spray cell foam. He found a vendor in Easton, Pennsylvania, who sold the product he was looking for and was interested in his zeroenergy project. They sealed up as many leaks as possible by spraying two or three inches of closed cell foam on the inside and a layer of high R value cellulose next to it. The doors of the house are another energy-
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saving measure. They are all thermal doors with an R-19 value and latching in several places. “It closes like a refrigerator door,” said Jenks. “It’s airtight. When it closes it pulls the seal in.” All the windows and doors are from the same manufacturer based in Cork, Ireland. “The Europeans are way ahead of us on this,” Jenks said. He showed me the European-style windows. They are triple-paned, three panes of thick glass for each window, with an insulation value of R-7. The outer pane, of course, felt cold to the touch, but the inner pane was completely warm. “And because it’s not cold,” he added, “it’s not chilling the air next it.” He continued, “If your house is airtight and you have double-pane Andersen windows, this inside pane will be cold. It chills the air. And you have a draft, so you feel air movement in your house even though you don’t have a leak.” The next step was sheathing the house, using R-6 value insulated zip sheathing, after which they tested the house for air leaks, then worked to minimize those leaks. At one point in the process Jenks went down into the basement when there was no light on and was alarmed to see light coming in through the cracks. “I had about 50 leaks,” he said. “We’d done everything possible
to eliminate them, but because it was dark in there, I was able to go around where I saw all the leaks and I marked them with blue tape for the guys to come in to recaulk. We did the same thing upstairs.” The next step on Jenks’ zero-energy quest was a blower door test. The Easton insulation man came back, and mounted a box with a fan in the front door. They measured the amount of air being sucked out of the house to tell whether there were any leaks. With a smoke wand they were able to locate a few small leaks, which they plugged up. “This house is airtight,” said Jenks, “about as airtight as a house can possibly be.” The house has a small ventilation system which brings outside air in and takes inside air out. It takes the heat in the house out of the air and puts it into the cold air coming in, so the cold air that it’s bringing in is warmed up before it gets into the house and comes in at 60 degrees, only taking heat out of the existing air, not making heat. Jenks added that his hot water heater is a heating pump, not using electric coils to make heat but taking heat out of the air in the house. The heating in the house is provided by a ductless heating system — a minisplit, the smallest available at 9000 BTUs — but no heating is necessary throughout the fall. There’s another small minisplit in the bedroom, but it has hardly ever been used. “We didn’t know,” said Jenks. “Nobody knew what would heat this house. It hadn’t been done before.” He continued, “The house almost self-heats, which is why our energy bill is so low, about $250 per year. A solar panel covers the cost.” The house has a small second floor used for guests about three times a year when family is in town, but it’s closed off and never heated or airconditioned. It stays at about 60 degrees all year. “Everybody should do this,” Jenks emphasized. “It cost only 10 to 15 percent more to build this house, about $700,000 total, and I didn’t spare expenses. It’s built for quality. Look at the baseboards, the windows. Look at the Craftsman look. Everything is done to a high standard.” “Everything I added has paid off,” he said, pointing out that the savings in energy costs had already paid for the extra building costs incurred. “We got paid back and we have a house that’s more comfortable,” he said. “You’re looking for a high energy-efficiency, airtight house,” he summed up. “Those are the two things you’re trying to produce. If you believe in climate change, you have to believe that human beings are the reason for it. For that reason alone you should do this, but also because of costs. You’re going to save money if you’re going to stay in a house for at least five to 10 years, and you’re going to have a more comfortable house.” FAUCETT CONSTRUCTION
Faucett, who is CEO of R Faucett Construction in Flemington, was impressed with the extent of Jenks’ knowledge and understanding. “It
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Thermal image of the first Passive House in New York City, in blue, on a 12 degree F winter night. Yellow and red indicate heat loss. (Shutterstock.com)
was a nice arrangement. We became partners in the building of the house. He brought a lot of resources to the table, and we leaned on each other for knowledge and information to make decisions together that would accomplish his goals and create a comfortable environment for him and his family. I don’t have many clients who are that committed to every aspect of the house the way he was. It’s impressive. He was committed to hitting that goal of net zero, and he did.” He continued, “If I had the option to build every single house to that standard, I would be happy to do that. I wish I had more opportunities to build to that level. That’s ultimately the most responsible way to build.” He said that state and municipal building codes are influencing the way people build and he predicted that they would evolve to push all home builders in the direction that Jenks took towards zero energy. California is already approaching the zero model as a baseline, he noted. “It will take some time to get to that level,” said Faucett, “but it’s not going to be that far down the road when every house will need to be built that way. California is probably about 10 years ahead of the rest of the country. That’s the way we’ll have to build out of necessity, but we’re not there yet. It will be more and more common, not necessarily because more people are making those decisions, but because those decisions will be imposed on them.” Faucett and his company have focused on sustainable construction and renovation throughout the region for several years, though many clients are not as committed to energy efficiency as Jenks. “Some of the houses we work on have just one or two sustainable components and other projects have a full commitment to be 100 percent sustainable, and we’ve worked on everything in between,” he said. Sustainability in construction, Faucett noted, almost always requires the willingness to pay a bit more, to make an investment. Sustainable components don’t necessarily add a lot of costs, but they add some costs, so there needs to be a willingness to invest. Sometimes you get your money back quickly, sometimes it takes more
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time. “You just make a commitment to doing the right thing, and if they have the resources to do that, some people will make those decisions regardless of the time it takes to recoup the investment,” he said. “It depends on people’s priorities, but construction is expensive right now.” High-performance insulation with a spray foam rather than fiberglass is probably the most effective and popular single option, he emphasized. “People immediately recognize the comfort level and obviously the energy efficiency,” he said. “That’s the most common upgrade that people are willing to make.” As a relatively easy upgrade to a regular house, Faucett recommended the Energy Star rating, a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the DOE to promote energy efficiency. Many different products and buildings bear the Energy Star label, including appliances like washing machines that use less water or driers that consume less energy. The same concept, meeting certain standards above and beyond the baseline, can qualify homes as Energy Star structures and provide resale value as well as opportunities for tax credits. Opting for electric appliances over gas and oil is also a decision that is both environmentally conscious and smart, according to Faucett. “When you’re burning any kind of fossil fuel, you’re not doing the environment any favors and you’re adding to pollution,” he said, adding that electric heating and cooling systems have rapidly become increasingly efficient in terms of energy use and cost “to the point where they can compete dollar for dollar with any gas-fired systems that are out there.” Faucett pointed out that more and more people are opting for electric heating and cooling systems which include heat pumps, as well as geothermal systems, which are more expensive up front but pay off in the long run. He also noted that more people are considering solar panels and accommodations for car chargers for electric vehicles. “I challenge my clients to build responsibly and building responsibly means building a house that’s going to consume the least fuel, in sourcing
materials locally, in minimizing the materials that are coming from overseas, in framing the house in such a way that you minimize the amount of lumber going into the house, and just being smart about how your house is constructed.” He continued, “With the internet everybody has the opportunity to do their homework. Everybody has access to the knowledge and data, and I encourage my clients to research different options for themselves and to understand those options based on what’s important to them and having an open discussion with their builder and their architect to decide whether a certain component is a good one to include in their new home.” ZERO-ENERGY ACTIVISTS
One of the most helpful resources in investigating what choices to make in seeking to save energy, Faucett noted, is 475 High Performance Building Supply, based in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a national leader in green building and zero-energy construction. “The people over there are the most committed and the most knowledgeable people I know on the subject of specialty construction components to build a sustainable house,” said Faucett. Johnny Rezvani, 475’s director of communications, emphasized the importance of air-sealing tape and airtightness for the greatest impact on a building’s energy efficiency in heating and cooling. “Low-energy buildings are essential to realizing our post-carbon future — mitigating the worst effects of climate change,” the 475 website states. “So, at our core, we are activists for a sustainable environment.” Rezvani added, “Consequently 475’s mission is to supply essential materials, building components, and knowledge that will lead to a transformation of the North American construction industry toward making durable, high performance passive house and zero-energy buildings.” He recommended a visit to the 475 website at foursevenfive.com to find numerous tips for driving down the energy usage of any building. “Those of us in the high performance building
community are seeing far greater demand than ever before,” he wrote in an email. “Although the reason many of us do the work we do is to promote low-energy, low-carbon building, the main draw in the last few years has clearly pivoted to a desire for greater health, comfort, and control over indoor environments.” He continued, “We arrived at those buildings by focusing on carbon emissions, but ultimately people choose them because they’re higher quality and provide a greater living space.” Rezvani explained that the net-zero energy building is not just a building of the future. It’s here today. “People are building like this around the world today for nearly the same cost as standard construction,” he said. “It’s important to seek out architects and builders who understand how this is done affordably and who are familiar with the methods to achieve it.”
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Another rich source of information on zero-energy building is Joe Emerson, founder and CEO of the nonprofit Zero Energy Project (zeroenergyproject. org). About 10 years ago, Emerson, a retired nutritionist who had a company called Emerson Ecologics, which sold nutritional supplements to doctors all over the country, was planning to move to Bend, Oregon. “I went on a green and solar tour of houses, taking a tour of these supposedly energy-efficient homes — and none of them were energyefficient,” he said in a phone conversation from his energy-efficient home in Oregon. “It really annoyed me that none of them were energy efficient.” So, Emerson started learning about zeroenergy homes and decided to build one. He worked with builders, got involved with a number of zero-energy construction projects, and launched his Zero Energy Project. “Because of my business I had some background in marketing, so when we built a website we wanted to be sure it would be an effective marketing tool for zero-energy construction,” he said. Emerson described the progress towards zeroenergy buildings as slow but picking up speed,
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especially over the past two or three years. “Nationwide we’ve had a good impact,” he said. “Our goal is to urge designers and homeowners to get on the path to zero and zero-energy homes. They should also get electric energy vehicles, zero-energy homes and transportation, zero-energy living.” There are many possible steps towards zero energy, Emerson noted, steps that everybody can take. “There are so many things to do, and they’re
easy to do when you’re renovating,” he said. His first recommendation was to go all-electric: a heat pump electric water heater to replace the gas water heater, a heat induction stove, and a heat pump heating system, just for starters. The website provides a wide variety of additional suggestions for insulation and other energy-saving strategies. “Princeton residents are the people who should be leading the effort to get to zero,” Emerson said. “They are also probably the people who are most concerned about global warming, who talk about it with colleagues, friends, and families. They may be members of environmental groups. They may be environmentally conscious but not environmentally active, and the action has to start in their own homes.” He continued, “The clock is ticking, and most people are sitting on their thumbs. This is a call to action to the Princeton area. Get on the path to zero.” He urged anyone with questions to email him at joe@zeroenergyproject. org. “I hope to answer their questions and get them inspired,” he said.
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pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world —The 4-H Pledge since 1927
The almost-century-old 4-H Pledge still stands, as does its patented clover logo and community club structure. But one hint that this is not your grandparents’ 4-H is its local headquarters in semi-urban Ewing, next to a strip shopping center. A more significant sign is what goes on inside: STEM classes, robotics, marine science, and lessons on climate change and sustainable energy. Members are not only teens from rural areas of Mercer County, but a large contingent from Trenton and suburban areas as well. The goats and the chickens? Animals are the focus of several clubs where members have an interest — and there is a lot of interest — including rabbits, calves, and hogs as well. But there is also a youth investment club, 4-H Investment Club of Mercer County; an archery club, Hot Shots Shooting Sports; a wellness club, Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Club, which has a large membership from Princeton; and one that addresses composting and recycling called Treasuring the Trash. Whatever the project, the goal is to develop leadership, and other skills, among youths and teens. The 4-H programs in all 21 New Jersey counties
have evolved since the early 1900s but have kept the same emphasis, whether it’s a teen developing a Saturday STEM program in Robbinsville or presenting a project on raising chickens in Lawrence. A graphic on the national 4-H website notes that nationally, serving 6 million youths, the organization has 2.6 million rural participants, but also 1.8 million urban and 1.6 million suburban participants — a combined 3.4 million. Locally, 4-H programs are part of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County, a partnership between Rutgers University, Mercer County, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Cooperative Extension is led by land grant universities — in New Jersey, Rutgers; in Pennsylvania, Penn State University; and in New York, Cornell University. The Mercer County chapter is headed by Chad Ripberger, a longtime 4-H extension agent with a background in teaching. A FAIR HISTORY
Mercer County has a strong 4-H history, and one of the highlights has been the summer 4-H Fair, the longest running in New Jersey. From the first 4-H Fair on the grounds of Princeton High School in 1919 (with stops at the Trenton State Fairgrounds, Washington Crossing State Park, and other sites), the fair found a home at the 130-acre Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell Township, where it has been held since 2008. In 2021 (in person after a break in 2020 for the pandemic), the fair attracted some 5,700 people, says Ripberger. The 103rd fair is planned for Saturday, July 30 from 10AM to 8 PM , and Sunday, July 31 from 10 AM to 4 PM , with free admission and a suggested donation of a canned good in support of Rutgers Against Hunger. The fairs began in 1892, when Kewaunee County in Wisconsin organized youth competitions and several thousand farm youths produced and exhibited fruits, vegetables, and livestock. The 4-H clubs began because teens and SPRING 2022 PRINCETON MAGAZINE
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1948 Yardville Jr. Dairy Club. (Photo courtesy of 4-H of Mercer County)
young adults were more open to new agricultural technology than older farmers, according to the 4-H website. A youth program in Clark County, Ohio, is considered the birth of 4-H in the United States in 1902, with the first clubs called the Tomato Club or the Corn Growing Club. By 1910, the clover with an H on each leaf was created. The H letters stood (and still do) for head, heart, hands, and health. One of Mercer County’s original and most successful clubs was the Pleasant Valley Calf Club, according to a local 4-H history. Youths met at the Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse, and the largest clubs at the time included the Calf Club, Hopewell Junior Dairy Club, and Yardville Junior Dairy Club — eventually involving several generations over many decades.
The area movement grew under Joseph B. Turpin, who came to Mercer County as an assistant to the agricultural agent and became one of the first full-time county club agents in New Jersey, according to a 4-H local history based on news clippings and Turpin’s scrapbook. In the fall of 1919, he organized the fair on the grounds of Princeton High School. Beyond Mercer County, he helped shape 4-H in New Jersey, and was nationally recognized for his pioneering work in assigning older members “junior leader” responsibilities and in creating 4-H advisory councils largely comprised of teen members. He retired in 1956. TODAY’S 4-H
Through its long history, the program maintained its character as a youth development organization, says Ripberger. “The basic principles of 4-H are positive youth development – helping kids develop a sense of belonging, mastery, independence and generosity,” he says, noting that this spirit permeates the clubs, camps, after school programs, and everything else. 4-H is a legacy in many families, including Ripberger’s. An agent for 20 years, the former Indiana middle and high school agricultural sciences teacher says his now college-aged children are fourth generation 4-H members. “These multi-generational families tend to be more involved in animal projects, with roots in agriculture,” he says. In Mercer County, there were three large, multi-generational dairy cattle clubs focused on improving the local dairy industry. Ripberger explains that 4-H began because there was a need for practical education outside of the regular school day at the time. Rural educators Quality milk scoring contest. (Photo courtesy of 4-H of Mercer County)
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started forming clubs to teach “how to grow a healthy and high-yielding stand of corn, improve their livestock, and preserve food from their gardens, and the local land-grant universities became natural partners due to their research and resources. My father and grandfather both competed in early corn clubs — learning new agricultural practices by growing five-acre plots of corn as part of their club. It was hands-on experiential learning long before that became the norm in formal education — they were learning by doing, the 4-H slogan.” In Mercer County, the longstanding Clever Clovers, a club that has been active for decades, and the newer Seeds of Green both focus on agriculture to develop youth leadership. Clever Clovers has hosted invitational goat, poultry, and sheep shows at the 4-H Fair. Seeds of Green started in 2018 and meets at Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrence. “I love animals, work on a horse farm, and grew up on farms in Canada,” says Seeds of Green leader Kel McGowan. Her family was raising chickens in their backyard and wanted more hands-on work with animals. A smaller club, the 12 Seeds of Green members are studying the animals available on the farm, having completed units on sheep, goats, and chickens. Coming up are units on horses, calves, rabbits, and gardening and farming sustainability. The units are led by the youths themselves. “The best thing about 4-H,” says McGowan, “is that it empowers the members to follow their own interest and competencies.”
with the current maker movement and our longstanding approach of learning by doing.” Tomorrow’s Innovators Saturday Science Program includes fourth to seventh graders and is a partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS). BMS employee Vani Kodandaram, a 4-H parent and club leader, helped start the program. On one of six Saturdays last December, Trenton-area students completed the Galactic Quest, a national 4-H STEM challenge based on space exploration. They also built and used telescopes to explore constellations and built and used a mechanical claw operated with hydraulics.
STEM EMPHASIS
In the 1960s and 70s, says Ripberger, Mercer County 4-H began to expand its program to youths in Trenton. The approach was the same — positive youth development — but the means was a growing and more diverse variety of science and technology. “A lot of kids have STEM role models in their families, but many do not,” says Ripberger. “We help support their development of a STEM identity by engaging them in coding, robotics, and several fields of science. Some are exposed to career paths they had not imagined. A lot of what we do fits well (Shutterstock.com) SPRING 2022 PRINCETON MAGAZINE
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Goat show at a 4-H Fair. (Photo courtesy of 4-H of Mercer County)
Kodandaram was on a BMS committee exploring how to be engaged in the community. Partnering with 4-H made sense, she says, knowing her own sons enjoyed 4-H’s Science for Communities, which teaches healthy living and robotics at local schools. So, with 4-H facilities and outreach, and BMS volunteer expertise, Tomorrow’s Innovators started in 2013 with some 15-20 students. It now attracts up to 50 participants each month. “The biggest thing is that we wanted to make a program that was sustainable, with a continuous stream of volunteers,” she says. And she was excited to elevate the science aspect of 4-H. “4-H had a good impact on my boys,” says Kodandaram, “4-H lets kids drive what they want to do in the community. It’s a nice way to let them give back. My boys benefited from learning values.” URBAN STEM AMBASSADORS
Some 50 or 60 youths from Mercer and six other counties are taking their interest in STEM to others as STEM Ambassadors, a program Ripberger cofounded in 2009. STEM Ambassadors spend an immersive week at RutgersNew Brunswick and then provide ongoing service in their home communities in partnership with their local 4-H staff throughout their remaining years of high school. During their weeklong Rutgers residential experience, they engage in hands-on activities in animal science, biomedical science, biotechnology, computer science, engineering, exercise science, food science, geospatial technology, landscape architecture, marine science, microbiology, nutritional science, and other subjects, while participating in discussions, workshops, research projects, and engineering challenges alongside faculty, staff, and graduate students. A current Trenton STEM Ambassador, Megan Denton, completed six weeks of a STEM Explorers program in collaboration with Millhill Child and Family Development over the summer. Denton, age 15, said she will continue in high school because of what she has learned. “Because of this program Rutgers is definitely on my top list of colleges
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I would like to go to, and I feel that the positive impact of the STEM program definitely helped me speak out a little bit more and get my point across without having to be nervous and stuttering all the time,” she says. “Along with the fun of the STEM program it’s just a positive program to be in, and everyone is really friendly and encouraging. I’d definitely recommend it to one of my friends or family.” A 2021 report from the Rutgers Extension Service, “Extension Programming to Address Urban Issues,” co-written by Ripberger, outlines how the program began with the objective of “encouraging urban youth from groups underrepresented in STEM to participate in science and research in a series of interactive activities, and gain a better understanding of opportunities available in science, engineering, and technology.” “Part of the growing 4-H youth development mandate,” the report notes, “is to prepare and empower our youth to get involved in a career in STEM.” The program targets youth from urban communities between Philadelphia and New York City, where 4-H has fewer youth engaged in traditional projects, but more afterschool and summer program provider collaborations. STEM Ambassador Dhruti Raghuraman, a high school senior, wrote about her experiences starting a Science from Home club on the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station website. She wrote that with classes moving online, a “good way to connect with my community and share my interests in science would be to create this 4-H club.” Working with Ripberger and researching science experiments and middle school curricula, she took care to sequence the experiments, and to choose scientific principles that could easily be taught through a computer, “keeping in mind the availability of materials and workspace at home.” The materials were packaged and delivered to each club member’s house. “It was important to me to find experiments that highlighted science that is constantly at work in the world around us,” she writes. “For example, through a water filtration experiment, we were able to have in-depth conversations on climate change and pollution. Through these experiments, we covered the topics of temperature, physical separation, pollution, chemical reactions, acids and bases, solutions and mixtures, and osmosis!”
Raghuraman was a member of one of the robotics clubs in middle school, and over the past five years has led many 4-H coding and robotics afterschool programs, summer day camps, and workshops for youth from The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey, CYO of Mercer County, and Tomorrow’s Innovators, and provided training for the STEM Ambassador program. “4-H has helped me develop my interests and pushes me to pursue leadership in the things I am passionate about,” she says. Raghuraman noticed, for example, that many of the Science from Home students were not at their target grade reading level so, under the guidance of adult staff, she created and led a two-week literacy camp this past summer. It seems 4-H may be a lifelong interest for Raghuraman, who says, “After high school, I am really interested in staying involved with 4-H, whether that means the Rutgers Mercer County 4-H Extension or another extension near where I will be going to college.” ROBBINSVILLE INNOVATORS
The Robbinsville Innovation Club is known for, appropriately, its innovation. About 40 youths work in teams on projects tailored to their needs and interests, says Ripberger. They use their new skills and creativity to invent a variety of products each year that address health and wellness, environmental sustainability, food production, and more. They have shared their inventions at club-sponsored maker fairs, Rutgers Day, and the annual Mercer County 4-H Fair. “Their maker fair was one of the neatest things,” says Ripberger. “The club demonstrated their projects to family members, clubs in other states, and collaborators in India. The group is mostly about teaching others.” Over the past three years, the Robbinsville Innovation Club has planned and conducted in-person and virtual STEM camps for youth of The Children’s Home Society in Trenton, led two weeks of coding and robotics camp for the STEM Explorers summer program with Millhill Child and Family Development in Trenton, and is currently leading Saturday morning
STEM sessions for Trenton High School students with the Upward Bound program of Mercer County Community College. The club also has a program that teaches employability skills to individuals with physical disabilities in India, remotely, with a lab set up in the 4-H office. THE FUTURE
While 4-H staff used to physically go into classrooms throughout Mercer County, the pandemic rendered that more difficult, so Ripberger, staff, and volunteers have been dropping off materials to schools and organizations prior to connecting with them through Zoom. Yet during the pandemic interest grew in food production, land, and gardening, and more people looked to the Extension service for related programs. “What has really grown is the number of teens who want to do outreach for younger kids,” says Ripberger. “Going forward,” he says, “4-H is taking a hybrid approach with remote opportunities. A lot of online programs were well-received.” The organization is seeking volunteers to supplement teen leaders, but it doesn’t have to be a year-round commitment. Special interest clubs can be just six weeks long. Teen leadership is what it’s always been about. “Today, we are doing the same kind of work through our STEM efforts, and we are working to make college and STEM opportunities more accessible to a more diverse population within our local communities,” says Ripberger. While many 4-H participants are not involved in animal or crop production, Ripberger says they are “involved in a variety of innovative STEM projects with the intent to improve personal health, the health of our communities, and the health of our planet — that is very much in keeping with our 4-H and land-grant university mission and tradition.” More information on 4-H activities in Mercer County can be found at mercer.njaes.rutgers.edu/4h/clubs.
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Q&A with M. Ilhan Uzel, DMD, DSc, Mercer Center for Implants and Periodontics at Princeton Interview by Laurie Pellichero
Where is your practice located, and what is your specialty? Mercer Center for Implants and Periodontics at Princeton is in a unique, environmentally friendly building at 601 Ewing Street, Suite B-15. I am the only board-certified periodontist and implant surgeon practicing in Princeton in a specialty practice setting. I have more than 30 years of clinical experience and have served as a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and Implant Surgery since 2006, and recently I was successfully recertified by the American Board of Periodontology. We are proud to be part of the Princeton community. We serve patients from the greater Central New Jersey area, as well as Philadelphia and New York City. We also have patients flying in from Texas and the United Kingdom for treatment. What is your professional background? I come from a dentistry family; my father and brother are orthodontists. Along with a DMD, I earned a Doctor of Science in Oral Biology and taught at Boston University and the University of Pennsylvania. I have always been very committed to education, as a scientist on bone, connective tissue, and cancer cells; an author of scientific articles and book chapters; a teacher for 11 years to many successful dentists and periodontists for periodontal and implant surgical treatment; and as a clinician for 30 years who has performed more than 10,000 procedures and served more than 5,000 patients. My unique scientific background and extensive clinical experience direct my treatment approach for the best possible care and outcomes for our patients, using less invasive techniques with lifelong and comfortable results. What services do you provide? Our practice offers a variety of cutting-edge treatment services to help our patients achieve optimal oral health, including dental implant placement, bone grafting, sinus augmentation, and tooth extraction. Periodontal treatments include scaling and root planning (deep cleaning), pocket elimination surgery, microsurgery, gum grafts, esthetic gum surgery, and more. We use state-of-the-art equipment, premium products, and the latest technology to provide minimum patient discomfort and maximum results. We listen to our patients and hear what they have to say, and customize their treatment based on their individual needs and comfort level. We also collaborate with many area dentists to provide a seamless continuum of patient care. We feature the most up-to-date machinery for scanning and imagery including 3-D dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). This advanced imaging machine allows us to virtually evaluate three-dimensional images of our patients’ teeth, soft tissues, nerve pathways, and bones — so our diagnostic ability is significantly enhanced. In addition, the radiation exposure is low with our CBCT machine. We also use a digital dental scanner that generates digital impressions, which allows the creation of a
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virtual, computer-generated replica of the hard and soft tissues in the mouth. The digital technology captures a clear and highly accurate impression in minutes, without the need for the traditional impression materials that some patients find inconvenient and messy. We also use a computer-assisted system for applying local anesthesia, which patients find is more pleasant and comfortable than traditional injections, with a slow release and no long needles. What should someone do if they are concerned about the health of their gums? Periodontal/gum disease is a chronic condition that is caused by certain kinds of bacteria/plaque that live in the mouth. Periodontitis is the more advanced form. Periodontal disease causes more tooth loss/ extractions compared to cavities. In addition, the prevalence of periodontal disease, according to findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is 50 percent among Americans aged 30 or older. Since it is a chronic condition it occurs over a longer time, patients who have periodontitis may not always feel discomfort. Smokers have periodontitis frequently, and it is directly associated with diabetes and may be contributory to heart disease. Periodontitis may also be associated with bleeding gums and/or bad breath. People who are concerned about their gums should take action before final symptoms like pain or swelling occur. A good way of doing it is by getting routine dental checkups done with their general dentists. Typically, general dentists refer their patients for periodontal treatment to a periodontist, ideally to a board-certified one. Meanwhile, patients can take the initiative themselves and simply contact us at Mercer Center for Implants and Periodontics at Princeton to get a periodontal/gum evaluation if they have bleeding gums, bad breath, missing teeth, and gum recessions. What is your office environment like? We have an amazing team that aims to reduce stress levels for our patients prior to our clinical work and makes every effort to create a comfortable, relaxed environment in our office. Our high-tech practice coexists with lush greenery inside a converted warehouse, and each procedure room has a large window and is bathed in light. Our hygienists Tara and Toni, along with assistants Anne, Heather, and Deana, and Joy at the front desk, all provide a professional, welcoming setting for providing the very best care. In addition, the combination of my precise and prudent clinical work and the advanced technology and materials I use reduces trauma significantly, so there is minimal discomfort during the healing period. Personally, I put myself in my patients’ shoes and treat everybody the best way possible before, during, and after a procedure — all with a caring, gentle touch. For more information, or to make an appointment, call 609.212.2140 or visit mercerimplantperio.com.
With 30 years of experience, 11 years of teaching background at Boston University and at PENN, and more than 10,000 successful procedures performed, M. Ilhan Uzel, D.M.D., D.Sc serves the Princeton Community as a 16-year Board-Certified Periodontist. Implant Procedures: • Dental implants • Tooth extraction • Bone graft • Sinus lifts/augmentations • Ridge/bone augmentation
Gum Disease Treatment Procedures: • Scaling and root planing • Periodontal surgery for gum disease treatment • Gingival graft (gum graft) for gum recessions • Periodontal microsurgery • Periodontal cosmetic surgery BEFORE
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Treatment of infected teeth in the esthetic zone: All four incisor teeth were extracted with bone grafting then four implants were placed using digital workflow and 3D technology. Natural esthetics and sensation were established with Zirconia implant crowns.
THE RACE TO RECYCLE
OVERCOMING THE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY’S ACHILLES HEEL
By Will Uhl
A technician working on a used lithium-ion battery from an electric car. (Shutterstock.com)
ince the early ‘90s, the tech world — and shortly after, everyday life — has been increasingly dependent on lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Lighter and longer-lasting than yesteryear’s alkaline batteries, they’ve become the standard for powering portable electronics. And as the price of Li-ion batteries has plummeted, dropping 97 percent over the past three decades, they’ve become ubiquitous. But as increasing numbers of Li-ion batteries are reaching the end of their lifecycle, a problem has emerged with growing urgency: recycling. Li-ion batteries are complex and potentially dangerous to disassemble — much more than traditional alkaline and lead-acid batteries. Because of this, less than five percent of Li-ion batteries are currently recycled. Now, as the market for Liion batteries balloons, a Princeton startup is poised to pioneer the next generation of Li-ion battery recycling. Dr. Bruce EVS AND THE SURGING MARKET
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In a bid to mitigate the climate crisis, the European Union (EU) proposed a sales ban on all fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2035. Helen Clarkson, chief executive of
the nonprofit organization Climate Group, put the urgency behind the switch simply: “The science tells us we need to halve emissions by 2030, so for road transport it’s simple — get rid of the internal combustion engine.” Instead of combustion engine vehicles, the EU wants to shift to electric vehicles (EVs) — zero-emission vehicles powered by Li-ion batteries. The EU isn’t alone in their vision of an EV future: according to the U.S. Department of Energy, 140 million electric vehicles are predicted to be on the road by 2030. “By 2020, the global annual [EV] sales were roughly 2 Dr. Chao million. By 2021, it’s five Yan million. This number is going to reach about 30 million annual sales by 2030,” said Dr. Chao Yan, a post-doctorate engineering researcher at Princeton University and founder of Princeton NuEnergy (PNE) — a technology and manufacturing startup working on modernizing the Liion battery recycling process. (PNE is currently prioritizing recycling Li-ion batteries from everyday electronics over EVs.) “The biggest change from 2020 to 2022 is that the EV market is very clear,” said Yan. “In 2020, if you talked to [people at General Motors], they would say ‘OK,
we have EV cars, but we still have a big section of ICE — internal combustion engines.’ But right now, the GM CEO has already mentioned they will completely switch to EV in the next few years. The trend has completely changed.” The shifting market is set to bring millions of new EVs in the near future — and with them, millions of new batteries. MODERN INEFFICIENCIES
Given the rapidly-growing EV market, the need for sophisticated Li-ion battery recycling has never been more urgent. “The lifetime of the batteries is between 5-10 years, so there’s a huge amount of wasted batteries,” said Yan. “How are we going to deal with them?” According to the Department of Energy, by 2030, 11 million metric tons of Li-ion batteries will have reached the end of their service lives. The contemporary methods of Li-ion battery recycling currently used by major manufacturing industries are, unfortunately, unsustainable. Dr. Bruce Koel, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton University, explained the two methods, the first being pyrolysis, “or smelting, where you basically melt everything down and recover, eventually, the atomic components — the elements: the nickel, the cobalt, the lithium, and so forth.”
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A processing plant at a lithium mine in Western Australia. (Shutterstock.com)
Lithium mining operations in Western Australia. (Shutterstock.com)
The other, acid-leaching, involves “[dissolving] the materials of the battery into large vats of very aggressive acids, which is a low-temperature process but makes a tremendous amount of waste water.” (Koel is also a co-founder and technology adviser at PNE.) Currently, it’s hard to feel like recycling is worthwhile when both methods involve significant pollution as a byproduct. Worse, even setting pollution aside, both processes are prohibitively inefficient: reclaiming lithium through recycling is five times more expensive than simply mining more. “It’s still cheaper to just mine new materials,” said Koel. “And that’s why there are these warehouses of millions of tons of used batteries that are just sitting there until somebody figures out what to do with them. People don’t want to put them in a landfill, but it’s too costly using the existing methods to recycle them. And it’s terribly harmful on the world — but that’s not why people aren’t doing it. It’s because it’s just not economical.” Seeing this emergent crisis and market for change, PNE got to work.
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99.9 percent fine lithium. (Shutterstock.com)
Comparison chart showing the current recycling of lithium batteries, left, versus the Princeton NuEnergy process, right. (Courtesy of PNE)
A NOVEL APPROACH
In 2019, Yan founded PNE with co-founders Koel, Dr. Xiaofang Yang, and Dr. Yiguang Ju. Koel and Ju, also a professor at Princeton University, serve on PNE’s advisory board. Yan serves as the CEO, and Yang as the CTO. “The four of us founded this company and spun off from Princeton University,” said Yan. “Then we licensed the IP from Princeton University and continued to work on commercialization of recycling lithium-ion batteries.” Combining their backgrounds in engineering (mechanical, chemical, and biological) and other fields, they listened to the industry’s needs and set out to address the Li-ion battery recycling problem. PNE’s approach is a significant departure from contemporary melting methods. “We do something called direct recycling,” said Koel. Instead of breaking all the materials down to their base elements, direct recycling focuses on leaving still-functional parts of the battery intact.
“We say it’s like if you had a Lego house and you wanted to build a castle. Well, you don’t have to take every Lego block apart and start over; you could use wall slab here or doorway opening here and start plugging it back in.” By focusing on preserving the materials, direct recycling is able to avoid many of the pollutantheavy downfalls of other methods. Not only is it cleaner than melting the materials, it also aims to be less expensive. “The bottom line is, people want to save money,” said Koel. “Now, there are a few people who want to put a poster up saying ‘We’re green,’ but the bottom line is that you’re going to have to be as cheap or cheaper than existing sources, otherwise nobody’s going to do it, frankly.” One of the major potential savings areas for manufacturers is getting pa rtially-finished goods instead of base elements. “Instead of starting from this raw material from the mines and making cathodes again, and then building the battery, we would just sell them the replacement cathode material,” said Koel. “It’d be ready to go. And you cannot do that if you melt the battery components or dissolve them in acid.”
DEEDS OVER WORDS
From the start, PNE’s goal has been to not just theorize solutions, but to implement them. “At Princeton NuEnergy, we want to provide a faster, cleaner, and more sustainable solution to recycling lithium-ion batteries,” said Yan. “We want to not only have good technology, we want to build production lines to solve the real problem of the Li-ion batteries.” With that focus in mind, PNE’s latest priority has been getting a proof-of-concept production line up and running in Dallas. PNE isn’t the only group pursuing alternative Li-ion battery recycling methods, but they say their process sets them apart. Now it’s up to the pilot line to prove it. “The other companies, even in direct recycling, have amassed a fantastical amount of money, but they don’t have a process, or they’re using most of the old steps with maybe one new tweak,” said Koel. “Now, we need to make our pilot line work, because up to now we’ve worked at the kilogram scale. All that looks fantastic, but as everybody knows, the challenge is to run at scale.” PNE is targeting thousands of tons per year in the near future; “that’s a big jump.”
Matching the rapidly-expanding market for Li-ion batteries, PNE is gearing up for a scaledup test run in a matter of months. “Currently, we already have our first production line — a building in Dallas — and hopefully in the future one or two months, this production will go live,“ said Yan. “This is a small production line. To us, it’s a big demo. We want to show the investors that this can solve industrial needs.” Dr. If the test run performs Yiguang well, PNE will look to gradually Ju scale the process up to the tens of thousands of tons per year that industry requires. LOOKING FORWARD
Dr. Xiaofang Yang
Scaling to that highest capacity, like scaling any new technology, is expected to bring unforeseen challenges. Koel, though, remains optimistic. “I think our technology is — naively, I would say — easy to scale,” he said. “So I’m not anticipating a lot of problems, but there will be checks and proofs that we have to make. So we’ll see. But I don’t view this as a tremendous hurdle.” Crystalizing their confidence, PNE has
already been recognized with several monetary awards from national organizations — including a Phase 2 grant from the Department of Energy, something Koel points out as a good sign for investors. “That Phase 2 grant is a really nice little award to waive a flag about because they’re not easy to get. You have to have something that’s really on a good trajectory,” he said. After years of research and development, it seems like PNE’s timing is on point. “Today, in 2022, no one has any doubt about [the value of Li-ion recycling],” said Yan. “I faced a lot of challenges in 2020; at that time people were a bit hesitant about whether we even needed to recycle them or not. In 2022, right now we talked to all the EV OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). All of them think that recycling is necessary, and new technology is necessary. Right now they just need some time to digest and think about what we are doing — and the most important thing is that they want to see the pilot’s results.” PNE should have all the data they need in about a year’s time, Until then, the market for lithium-ion batteries will continue to grow, whether there’s a process to deal with its byproducts or not.
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An edible harvest of chanterelles, Cantharellus lateritius, and morel mushrooms, Morchella species. (Photos by Ed Ashton)
pend some time talking to mushroom foragers about New York where he and his family have a home. “No one wants to share what they do and how they do it, and you are likely their spots. The last thing I want is to find other people looking in my good to start looking at trees differently. That feathery places.” cluster you spy under an old oak — is that a hen “I have not found anybody who will share where they have found of the woods? That funnel-shaped stalk with yellow mushrooms, and I understand why,” says Ed Ashton, who lives in Hunterdon flesh, peeking out of some moss — could it be a County and does technological work and facilities maintenance when not chanterelle? pursuing black trumpets, oysters, lion’s mane, and Seeking out mushrooms is other mushroom varieties. “You really don’t want to a treasure hunt that can become go to a wild mushroom patch and find somebody else addictive. And when the hunt there already.” yields culinary prizes, it’s even Barg, who also keeps mum about specifics, reveals better. But those fascinated a bit of information. “One of the places not to look is by fungi do not restrict their curiosity to specimens a maple forest,” he said. “The best spots are generally that can be turned into gourmet meals. Photography, oak forests and pine forests — especially scrub pines cultivation, botanical illustrations, and even jewelrythat we have in South Jersey. I try to avoid going to making can come into the picture. And the practice places where you’ll have trouble with park rangers. has become increasingly popular, especially during Regulations are sketchy. It depends on the park COVID-19. ranger you see. Some get nasty about it, others don’t. “We’ve had an explosion of members this year,” I personally was issued a summons for picking morels said Jim Barg, a past president of the New Jersey in the spring on federal land. One of the best ways to Mycological Association and a consultant to the forage is to go to somebody’s land that has woods on New Jersey Poison Control Center. “The pandemic it — if you know them.” definitely has something to do with it. People want to Safety is paramount when it comes to mushroom get out into nature and take part in outdoor activities. hunting. Some species are poisonous and knowing There are now somewhere between 800 and 900 people how to recognize and avoid them is key. In the book in the association.” Mushrooming Without Fear, author Alexander Schwab Although mushrooms are classified as vegetables, advises novices: “As a beginner, leave alone most they are technically part of the kingdom called fungi. Commonly known as the violet coral or the magenta mushrooms you pass. Look closely at what you see The edible ones are nutritious — low in calories, almost coral, this brightly colored fungus is Clavaria zollingeri. before you, not at what you wish was there. Stick to devoid of fat and cholesterol, and low in sodium. the rules and tick off every stage in the mushroom identification process.” Mushroom hunters tend to be tight-lipped about where they look. Schwab classifies mushrooms into four categories: gills, tubes, spines, “Foragers are very protective,” said Princeton resident Steve Omiecinski, and ridges. Repeatedly in the book, he issues the warning: “Never, ever take who ventures out on hunting expeditions in and around town, and in upstate a mushroom with gills.”
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An elegant plating of the hen of the woods mushroom on hickory bark and moss at Elements.
Chef Scott Anderson at Elements.
Scott Anderson, co-owner and chef at the Princeton restaurant Elements, is an avid mushroom hunter. When in season, they figure prominently on the restaurant’s menu. “Mushroom seasons are really short,” he said. “You have a short window to gather as much as possible. Morels are first. We get tons of morels, chanterelles, porcini, and hen of the woods. Spring through fall, we never have a gap. When people know we have chanterelles, they are excited.” Anderson relies on Barg to tell him which mushrooms are safe. “We don’t mess around with anything we don’t know,” he said. “If we get the OK from Jim, we’re good.” Barg advises taking a field guide on mushrooming expeditions rather than relying on websites for identification. “There are ways to identify online but I think having a book you can carry with you, with illustrations and descriptions, is your best bet,” he said. “Start studying it. There are a lot of lookalikes, so you can’t just use the pictures to identify them. You need to read the stuff in the field guide. I don’t recommend using websites until you’re experienced. You need to really develop a sharp eye. You need to look closely and be very descriptive of what you see. And even then, I still recommend asking an expert.” Mushrooms have fibers, not roots. Barg, who taught a course on mushrooms at Princeton Adult School last spring, recommends picking the entire mushroom, including whatever is in the ground. “Once you’re experienced and you know what you’re doing, I recommend cutting it off at the base while it’s in the ground,” he said. “And never use plastic bags to carry them. They will induce rot. The best option is a basket with lots of air separation. Use wax paper if you need to separate your species. Also, carry a magnifier of some sort.” Mushroom foragers tend to have related hobbies and passions. Anderson is also a fisherman. So is Ashton. Omiecinski does metal detecting. The common thread? Hunting for treasures. Anderson takes his cooks with him on foraging expeditions. “I teach them about certain trees, and where they can find mushrooms, so they can learn and do it themselves,” he said. “They laugh at me like I’m a dork, Detail of the hen of the woods mushroom with flaked salt and garnish.
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The destroying angel, Amanita bisporigera, a deadly mushroom.
Dried Polyporus badius features a fuzzy, black stem; a very shallow, white pore surface with extremely tiny pores.
The eastern fly agaric, Amanita muscaria var. formosa. It is considered to be quite poisonous (as are most members of the genus Amanita).
A species of waxy cap mushroom. Waxy caps are known for thick, waxy gills and are generally small and brightly-colored.
Dacryopinax spathularia is a jelly fungus.
Pear-shaped puffballs, Lycoperdon pyriforme.
One of the many types of coral mushrooms.
This dried-out bracket fungus, Inonotus hispidus, is a plant pathogen.
These mushrooms are representative of species found in New Jersey and the Northeastern U.S. Some of these mushrooms are poisonous or inedible. Never consume a wild mushroom without first consulting an expert.
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The oak mazegill polypore, Daedalea quercina, has a maze-like spore surface on the underside of the cap.
The turkey tail mushroom, Trametes versicolor, is a common polypore found throughout the world and often used as a medicinal mushroom.
but I always say foraging for mushrooms is like fishing. You don’t really know what you’re going to get. And I like to research. I’m probably a better forager than a fisherman.” Omiecinski, who counts frozen, dried, and pickled mushrooms as part of his regular collection, first foraged as a child, with his father. “He told me stories about doing it with his dad and grandfather,” said Omiecinski. “I have a book about mushrooms that my Uncle Walt gave to my father. So, it’s in my family heritage, you could say.” Members of the New Jersey Mycological Association are hoping that the annual September Fungus Fest, which was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, will take place this year. Held at Freylinghausen Arboretum in Morristown, the event is described by Barg as “a kind of big science fair of mushrooms.” Sampling cooked mushrooms, learning about
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medicinal mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms, mushroom dyes, papermaking with mushrooms, and an onsite Mushroom Walk are among the regularly scheduled activities. While there are mushrooms that grow all year round, prime foraging season is from spring through fall. “Springtime is best,” said Omiecinski. “The weather and the time of year have to be right. It’s something you can do alone or with someone else. I love being out in nature — going for a walk and actually doing something.” “It’s about being outdoors, getting out into the woods, and making discoveries,” said Ashton. “It’s just magical to see things growing in the world.” Always be sure to consult an expert in mushroom edibility before eating any wild mushroom.
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“After all there’s a lot in that vegetarian fine flavour of things from the earth....” —James Joyce, from Ulysses o thinks Leopold Bloom on his way to lunch at Davy Byrne’s in Dublin on June 16, 1904. He settles for a cheese sandwich. I’m beginning with a vegetarianfriendly quote from Ulysses in recognition of its 100th anniversary. For a whole book of Joycean recipes, there’s Alison Armstrong’s The Joyce of Cooking: Food and Drink from James Joyce’s Dublin (Station Hill Press $14.99), which has a foreword from novelist Anthony Burgess. Although I’m neither a vegan nor a vegetarian, my fondness for Moby’s music and my memories of India have led me to two volumes recommended by a discriminating colleague: Moby’s Little Pine Cookbook: Modern PlantBased Comfort (Avery $24.99) and The Modern Tiffin: On-the-Go Vegan Dishes with a Global Flair by Priyanka Naik (Simon and Schuster $24.99). COOKING WITH MOBY
Quoted in The Guardian’s “What’s in your basket” column from the early 2000s when music from Moby’s worldwide best-selling album Play could be heard in shops all over London, he recommended garlic and ginger as “the key to a long, happy and full life because they’re such
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concentrated foods you think if there is anything bad and nasty living in your body, garlic and ginger will go in like a cartoon superhero and drive out the invaders.” Admitting that as much as he loves the U.K., he adds that he finds it difficult to get fresh bread there like the wholemeal organic loaf he likes to eat with organic peanut butter. Although I’ve never thought of myself as a vegan, the comfort food closest to my heart is peanut butter, so I guess you could say I’ve come out of the closet. Moby named his cookbook after Little Pine, the restaurant he opened decades ago in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Actress Rooney Mara has said, “I have literally walked for miles to get the Little Pine Mac n’ Cheese.” Among the 125 recipes are dishes like PankoCrusted Piccata and Fried Cauliflower with Kimchi Aioli. Desserts include Chocolate Bread Pudding, which suggests the possibility of an energy rush equal to “Feeling So Real,” possibly the most deliriously exciting music Moby ever recorded. INDIAN RAILWAY MEMORIES
Now for India and a cookbook by self-taught Indian American chef Priyanka Naik, who says she loves to travel as much as she loves to cook. If peanut butter counts as my ultimate comfort food, travel and writing about travel are near the top of my list of life’s special pleasures. As soon as I saw the cheerful, colorful cover of The Modern Tiffin, which Publishers Weekly named among the best debut cookbooks of fall 2021,
I thought of long trips on Indian Railways where tiffin tins were one of the most familiar sights, along with the little clay cups tea vendors would hand up to your window at some station in the middle of a misty Indian night. Featured recipes include Bucatini à la Pumpkin with Pink Peppercorn & Pistachio, Green Chutney Quesadillas, Chili-Maple Skillet Corn Bread, Indian Home Fries with Peanuts, and Bondi Blue Tea Cakes. Priyanka Naik is a Food Network champion, Quibi Dishmantled winner, and Today show featured chef, who hosts Dish it Healthy with Priyanka Naik, a Tastemade original clean-eating food show on Food Network Kitchen. KATZEN’S ENCHANTED KITCHEN
The cover of Mollie Katzen’s The Enchanted Broccoli Forest: And Other Timeless Delicacies (Ten Speed Press 1982) evokes warm moments in the family kitchen during our early years as parents. Best known for The Moosewood Cookbook (Ten Speed Press 40th Anniversary edition 2014), which presents an adaptation-for-home-use of the cuisine of the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, N.Y., Katzen was inducted into the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2007 and named by Health Magazine as one of the five “Women Who Changed the Way We Eat.” In 2017 her notebooks, correspondence, and original hand-lettered pages were collected by the Smithsonian Institution and are now permanently housed in the Archives Center of The National Museum of American History.
OTTOLENGHI FLAVOR
For an example of stunning cover art, feast your eyes on Ottolenghi Flavor (Ten Speed Press $35), a vegetable-based cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi with Ixtra Belfrage and Tara Wigley, and photographs by Jonathan Lovekin. Lauren Joseph’s January 26, 2021 article on epicurious. com suggests that “Longtime fans of Ottolenghi might be stunned by the restraint displayed in Flavor. Celery root, for example, gets the lightest of touches. In its first appearance, it’s simply slow roasted with a pour of olive oil and a bit of sea salt. There’s hardly a recipe. Entire dishes highlight the humble onion, grilled whole and then piled atop a smear of whipped feta and a pool of zingy green gazpacho, or halved and roasted in a buttery miso sauce.” Joseph thinks some of the change could be attributed to Ottolenghi’s restaurants, Rovi and Nopi, “which have championed a more pruned,
(Thames and Hudson $34.95), Town & Country says, “What better way to kickstart your ethical consumer habits than with this new anthology of sustainable recipes” from 20 of the world’s top chefs, food bloggers, and restaurateurs. “Put your green thumbs to good use with the guide to urban herb gardening and absorb fresh insights into lowwaste, carbon-friendly ingredients. With recipes from Jasmine Hemsley, Rita Soda, and Julia Sherman, this colourful new book will brighten up any kitchen.” Shelf Awareness says, “One is as likely to find a new dish here as tips and ideas for home chefs who want to organize their kitchens better, plant and grow their kitchen gardens, shop better at local farmers’ markets, or forage for wild foods.” Claire Bingham is a writer, journalist, and former homes editor at Elle Decoration. The author of several books about design, lifestyle, and travel, she has lived in London, Milan, and Sydney and frequently writes for international magazines and newspapers including the Telegraph Magazine, AD Germany, and Corriere della Sera Living.
The colleague who recommended Ancient Grains puts it more succinctly. After praising the design, the photographs, and recipes, he says, “It makes you want to chow down on birdseed.”
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On the acknowledgments page of Simply Ancient Grains: Fresh and Flavorful; Whole Grain Recipes for Living Well (Ten Speed Press $27.50), Maria Speck admits that she’s not a trained food professional but “a news reporter and journalist with a one-dimensional and lifelong love for ancient grains.” According to a starred review in Library Journal, “Speck simplifies cooking with grains without sacrificing flavor. Her recipes — including minted barley and fennel stew with marinated feta, New England cider mussels with fresh cranberries and bulgur, and walnut spelt biscotti with olive oil — are deliciously nourishing and not to be missed.”
One of the joys of Ulysses is that “specimen of winsome Irish girlhood” Gerty McDowell, “who was womanly wise and knew that a mere man liked that feeling of hominess. Her griddlecakes done to a goldenbrown hue and queen Ann’s pudding of delightful creaminess had won golden opinions from all because she had a lucky hand also for lighting a fire, dredge in the fine selfraising flour and always stir in the same direction, then cream the milk and sugar and whisk well the whites of eggs though she didn’t like the eating part when there were any people that made her shy and often she wondered why you couldn’t eat something poetical like violets or roses.…” With maybe a sprinkling of birdseed.
minimalist version of Ottolenghi food than the original delis; many of the most impressive recipes in Flavor come from those menus.” The same article quotes from Ottolenghi’s introduction, “If you have already managed to spot a lime or two in places where lemons would appear in previous Ottolenghi books, or noticed a range of Mexican and other chiles peppered all over these pages … you have identified the fingerprints of Ixta Belfrage.” CHEFS AT HOME
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Photos courtesy of Princeton Theological Seminary’s Farminary
t was a blustery day when I went to visit Princeton Theological Seminary’s (PTS) Farminary. The property — 21 acres off Princeton Pike — includes a few outbuildings and a pond. Chickens and bees are lovingly cared for in this serene agricultural oasis. Suddenly a flock of geese took off from the pond, filling the sky with a chorus of honking and chattering. “The geese are our neighbors,” says Farminary Founder and Director Nathan Stucky. “They remind us we are all bodies in need of food, shelter, and warmth.” I first learned about the Farminary listening to NPR’s “On Being,” when host Krista Tippett interviewed journalist and Farminary alum Jeff Chu. Chu had had a revelatory moment gazing into the compost pile, but his love affair with the rotting vegetables, banana peels, and coffee grounds was not of the at-first-sight variety. His initial reaction: “I thought it was disgusting,” Chu told Tippett, “it was … all these things we would typically see as trash, as waste, which gets carted off to a landfill out of our sight.” What changed it all for Chu was when “Nate told us to dig around and look for signs of new life.” That taught Chu that there is an opportunity to “steward death well when death happens, which it will — not erasing the pain, not erasing the brutality, but acknowledging both it and
the possibilities that still remain, afterwards … I refuse to believe that death is the end of the story.” And that’s what Stucky hopes everyone will get from the Farminary. On its website, it is described as an experiment in sustainable agriculture. “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 notes. “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 Farminary had been especially meaningful during the pandemic. Not far from the pond beloved by the geese is a gathering spot with picnic tables. When classes had to be held online, the Farminary could still bring people together in person, in a safe outdoor space. “It was a rewarding moment,” says Stucky. “Folks had been cooped up with their screens, and this was an opportunity to connect. To gather around a table with people felt more human. We realized we are completely dependent on the land.” “They said we needn’t buy books; our personal stories would serve as primary texts,” writes Chu in Modern Farmer. “The answers began to emerge during our first gathering,” when each seminarian was asked to describe the soils they’d come from. “We were Black, brown,
yellow, white; conservative and liberal; poor and rich; various gradations of Protestant; reared on four continents.” One student who grew up accompanying her Army-officer father on globetrotting assignments declared, “I am a child of many soils.” CONTINUING THE LOOP
The harvest from the Farminary’s compostenriched soil is used by dining services when the seminary is in session, and during the summer the Farminary offers CSA shares to the greater seminary community. The food loop includes taking scraps from dining services and composting them with autumn leaves from campus. A large fenced-in area protects crops from the deer and other animal invaders. Stucky undoes the latch and takes me into the well-secured hoop house — what he calls a caterpillar tunnel — where collards and all kinds of kale, from curly and red Russian to lacinato, are robust and green despite it being winter. As idyllic as it may seem, there are lessons in the tragedies, which are a part of the process. After the hurricane of fall 2021, floodwaters contaminated the land and hundreds of pounds of produce had to be composted; 125 chickens were lost. “It was gut-wrenchingly awful,” says Stucky, holding back tears. “One of our persistent questions is, ‘What is it like to listen
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Farminary Founder and Director Nathan Stucky addresses participants at the Just Food Conference at the Farminary.
to the land?’ Catastrophic flooding is telling us something about how human development is affecting how water flows. With all the impervious surfaces development creates, water has to go somewhere.” Stucky connects the ecological situation with theology. “In seminary, we are always wrestling with the idea, where is God? We are a Christian seminary and have a deep conviction there is a God, but it’s a myth that a seminary should have God figured out. If there’s no mystery, that’s not God.” Regarding the climate crisis, Stucky says he’s pro-science, and that people of faith can embody science — it is not mutually exclusive. “The Farminary teaches us to approach the question of who God is with humility, and close to the ground. The soil under our feet may be telling us who God is.” The seminary purchased the land as an investment in 2010, but it didn’t become the Farminary until 2015. Stucky, who grew up on a farm in Kansas — his family raised cattle, wheat, and hay — majored in alto saxophone at the private Christian liberal arts Bethel College in Kansas. Never expecting to pursue a career in music, Stucky moved to Maryland with his wife, Janel, a registered nurse, where he worked as a youth pastor. After six years he returned to Kansas for a two-year stint working on a sustainable farm. “Although I had a love for the land, I wasn’t called to it,” says Stucky. “I had an intense
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vocational discernment.” He enrolled at PTS in 2007, first for a master’s degree and then a doctorate in practical theology. It was another student who suggested he combine his interests in farming and theology, and the name “farminary” was suggested in jest. It took a while to figure out how to put everything into place. “The Bible starts in a
Beehives at the Farminary.
garden,” Stucky said. But there were no other farminaries out there. With support from a mentor, the idea was pitched to PTS President Craig Barnes, who
was receptive — what better way to use that 21-acre agricultural parcel — and a pilot course was launched. There were spreadsheets and production goals, and soon the idea took off. Because the land had once been used as a sod farm, the soil was severely depleted of nutrients. Again, listening to the land is important, says Stucky. “What it’s telling us is that we live in an exhausted world.” Stucky has a thing or two to say about exhaustion. In his book, Wrestling with Rest, he writes, “busyness is a sickness of the soul … it is especially detrimental to young people, who are finding their identity shaped by ongoing resumebuilding, constant digital communication, and unceasing activity. The last thing they have time for is rest. But rest — Sabbath — is necessary for youth, not just because of who they are socially, emotionally, and physiologically, but because of who God has made them to be and wants them to be.” “God created the world in seven days, but culminates on the seventh day with resting,” Stucky says before we part. “Our world is embroiled in ecological devastation, a pandemic that doesn’t want to end, and more dysfunction in our political system than anyone can bear. What is needed is rest. We need to change the story — the high point is not mass consumption, but rest. We are living in a world that is desperate for rest. We’re in this moment of multiple fatigues stacked on top of each other. Just stop for a second.”
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serenity among the vines Spring is a great time to get outside and visit the many area wineries. Mark your calendar for these upcoming happenings… By Laurie Pellichero Hopewell Valley Vineyards 46 Yard Road, Pennington 609.737.4465 hopewellvalleyvineyards.com Hopewell Valley Vineyards, led by proprietors Sergio and Violetta Neri, is dedicated to the creation of handcrafted wines by blending Old World flair with New World style. The vineyards, first planted in 2001, now include 25
acres of grapes under cultivation. Their mission is to provide a relaxing, quaint, and beautiful environment where one can experience awardwinning wines and enjoy the company of friends. Events at Hopewell Valley Vineyards include Music & Vino every Friday evening from 5 to 8PM , and every Saturday from 1-4 PM and 5-8PM with a variety of live music to enjoy along with artisan brick oven pizza and a light fare menu. Wines are available by the glass or bottle. Upcoming Friday acts include Catmoondaddy on April 15, Deb & Mike on April 22, and Karen Payne on April 29. The Saturday 1-4 PM concerts include Winery Catz on April 16, Mixtape Mojo on April 22, and Silent Q on April 30. The Saturday evening concerts will feature Mike Herz Duo on April 16, Rainbow Fresh on April 23, and Craig Leach Group on April 30. Live music is also presented on Sundays from 1:304:30 PM , including Blue Jersey Band on April 17, HVV Jazz Band on April
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Hopewell Valley Vineyards 24, and Mark Feingold Group on May 1. See the website for other upcoming acts and events. Winery hours are Monday through Thursday 11AM to 3PM , Friday and Saturday 12 to 8:30 PM , and Sunday 12 to 5PM . Laurita Winery 85 Archertown Road, New Egypt 609.752.0200 lauritawinery.com Local, authentic, and sustainable is the
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philosophy at Laurita Winery, which gets its name from the first names of owners Randy Johnson’s and Ray Shea’s mothers, Laura and Rita. At Laurita, production focuses on making wine from grapes that are recognized and accepted worldwide, concentrating on the vinifera, the classic European noble varieties. The winery features 40 cultivated acres of vineyards and 200 acres of woodlands, meadows, and pastures, and produces 14,000 to 16,000 cases of wine that are exclusive to the winery. Its main structure is built mostly from recycled and reclaimed materials, with the skeleton of the building formed through the merging of two 150-year-old barns that had been marked for demolition. Sharing the property with the winery are the Inn at Laurita Winery and Laurita Equestrian Center. Laurita Winery is a regional destination for a wide variety of happenings including its popular Food Truck Festivals. April events include an Easter Brunch on April 17, Wine and Bundt Cakes on April 21 from 7-9PM , BaconFest 2022 Food Truck Festival on April 23 and 24, and Awesome ’80s Dance Party on April 30 from 7 to 11PM . Winery hours are based on scheduled events, which are held Thursday through Sunday. Old York Cellars 80 Old York Road, Ringoes 908.284.9463 oldyorkcellars.com Featuring scenic views of the Sourland Mountain range and set amidst some of the oldest vineyards in New Jersey, Old York Cellars is a working farm that offers a full selection of award-winning wines and a special experience both inside and outside the tasting room. It hosts a variety of special events, fundraising programs, live music, comedy nights, tasting experiences, and an exclusive Vintner’s Club. A Winery Food Menu is also available. Old York Cellars is open Wednesday and Thursday 12 to 5PM , Friday and Saturday 12 to 7PM , and Sunday 12 to 6PM . Spring events include the Friday Night Wine
and Music Series from 6 to 9 PM with Ed Wall on April 22, Russell Norkevich on April 29, and Allan Willcockson on May 6. The Spring Wine and Music Series on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 6:30PM will feature Kyle Campbell and Chaplin Fortunato on April 23, Jerry Steele and Ralph James on April 24, George Becker and Mark Mayer on April 30, and Erin McAndrew and Russell Norkevich on May 1. Those who enjoy comedy can visit on April 23 for Wine and Comedy Night at 8 PM (doors open at 7 PM ) featuring Buddy Fitzpatrick and Vince Valentine. Joe Bronzi and Kevin Israel will provide the laughs on May 7, and Marion Grodin and Brendon Donegan are on tap for May 21. Many Winery Experiences are also available, including the Guided Wine Tasting; Wine, Charcuterie, and Chocolate; Chef Jose’s Six-Course Pairing Experience; and Chef Jose’s Wine and Tapas Experience. Check the website for times and details.
Hanewald, Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery offers an award-winning selection of dry white wines, off-dry white wines, dry red wines, semi-sweet wines, and fruit wines crafted from their own vineyards and orchards. Terhune Orchards is one of the few operating family farms in New Jersey to also have a winery and tasting room. The winery, open Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 5PM , is in the open-air setting of a 100-year-old historic apple orchard, and the Wine Barn houses state-of-the-art wine tanks, a wine lab, and bottling line. Those visiting for tastings can also enjoy pick-your-own and the farmyard activities as well as the farm store full of fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, and more. Bottles are also available at the farm store seven days a week. In addition to wine tastings, Terhune hosts a Weekend Winery Music Series on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 5 PM . Sunset Sips and Sounds, also with live music, is on Fridays from 5 to 8 PM beginning June 3. Kite Day Weekend is April 30 and May 1 from 10 AM to 5PM each day. Mother’s Day Wine Trail Weekend is May 7 and 8, 12 to 5 PM , with free wine tastings for moms. Father’s Day Winery Weekend is June 18 and 19, 12 to 5 PM , with free wine tastings for dads. One can also visit the winery at the Firefly Festival on Sunday, June 26 from 4 to 9PM .
Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton 609.924.2310 terhuneorchards.com/ winery Owned and operated by Pam and Gary Mount and their daughters Tannwen Mount and Reuwai Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery SPRING 2022 PRINCETON MAGAZINE
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Unionville Vineyards Unionville Vineyards 9 Rocktown Road, Ringoes 908.788.0400 unionvillevineyards.com Unionville Vineyards rests on 89 acres of preserved farmland in Hunterdon County. The winery is comprised of six estate vineyards spread over three counties, allowing for unique wines to be crafted from fruit grown in the varying terroir of central and northern New Jersey. Its winemakers craft acid-driven, fruit-forward, aromatic wines, focusing on Burgundy and Rhone varieties such as Chardonnay, Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Viognier. Wines by the bottle or glass can be enjoyed on the picnic grounds from 12 to 5PM daily. Tastings are by appointment only for $20 per person Friday through Monday at 12, 2, and 4PM. Upcoming events include the Vineyard Pig Roast on Friday, April 29 on the tented patio with live bluegrass, open wine bar, and a pig roast dinner; $85/$72 for Club members. Hunterdon Mistral Series Release Weekend is on May 14 and 15 with live music, catered lunches by the Blawenburg Bistro, and the release of Unionville’s Rhoneinspired red, white, and rosé wines. Tastings are $20 per person. Visit the website for further details.
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Working Dog Winery Working Dog Winery 610 Perrineville Road, Hightstown 609.371.6000 workingdogwinerynj.com Located in eastern Mercer County, Working Dog Winery was established by a group of friends in 2001, and opened to the public in 2003. Starting with three acres of Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay, it now features 24 acres of grapes under cultivation. The winery is open on Friday from 12 to 6PM and Saturday and Sunday from 11AM to 6PM yearround. Live music is hosted every Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5PM. Food trucks are often on site as well. Williamsboy will perform on April 23, and Chris Swatt is on April 24. The Legends Grille food truck will be there both days. Vinny (of Backbeat) is scheduled to perform on April 30. Check the website for more events as they are added to the calendar. IN PENNSYLVANIA:
Crossing Vineyards and Winery 1853 Wrightstown Road, Newtown, Pa. 215.493.6500 | crossingvineyards.com A dozen different grape varietals are grown on the 20-acre Crossing Vineyards and Winery in
Bucks County. Technology and tradition co-exist in the state-of-the-art winery founded in 2000 by the Carroll family. Its grounds are located on a 200-acre estate less than a mile from where George Washington crossed the Delaware in 1776. Classic, Group, and Celebration Wine Tastings are available, and the winery offers many events throughout the year including food and wine pairings, wine classes, holiday themed events, and the Summer Wine and Music Series. Live music includes Randy Burrows on April 23, Bill Thomas on April 24, and Bunny Barnes on May 1. All performances are from 2 to 6PM. Pairing Wine and Chocolate is offered on April 21 at 7PM and the Spring Wine and Food Festival is May 21 from 12-5PM. The 2022 Summer Wine and Music Series kicks off on June 3 with The Fabulous Greaseband at 7PM. Winery hours are 12 to 6PM daily, with extended hours on Thursdays and Saturdays in the summer. Cheers! Event dates and times subject to change. See websites for full details.
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