TREATING PATIENTS WITH
PLANTS Increasing Well-Being and Saving the Earth at Ethos Farm BY CHAR NOLAN Photos courtesy of Ethos Primary Care
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lant-based medicine is fast becoming a specialty for many physicians and primary care professionals. What’s unique about Ethos Primary Care in Long Valley, NJ, is that aside from being a 350 acre regenerative organic working farm for the community, a quaint home on the grounds of the farm is also the medical offices for Ethos Primary Care. Dual Board certified in internal medicine and lifestyle medicine, Ron Weiss, MD is a primary care physician and the medical director of Ethos Primary Care. Yes—a physician who’s also a botanist with a medical practice that’s located on a rolling farm. It’s almost as though you can pick up a beautiful produce haul from the Doctor’s Farmer’s Market, and visit the doctor all at once. That’s a unique way to monitor your carbon footprint and follow a physician’s orders to eat more kale, get more exercise, meditate, and own your well-being.
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January/February 2021