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Ethos Farm Featured in New Episode of Healthy In The Garden State exploring the connections between food, farming, education, and health.
What would change if we truly treated nutrition as an essential part of lifelong health?
That's one of the questions explored in the newest episode of Healthy In The Garden State, a New Jersey-based streaming series highlighting practical, expert-backed approaches to healthier living across the Garden State.
The episode visits two New Jersey organizations taking a broader look at food and health: Princeton School Gardens Cooperative and Ethos Farm in Long Valley.
At Ethos, host and executive producer Kate Cherichello Tente speaks with founder Dr. Ron Weiss, Dr. Saul Bautista, and members of the Ethos team about the connections between healthy soil, healthy food, and human health. The conversation explores regenerative agriculture, whole-plant foods, lifestyle medicine, and the concept of food as medicine.
Within Princeton School Gardens Cooperative, students and teachers are learning about food through growing, cooking, tasting, science, and hands-on experiences -- exploring where food comes from and how it connects to health, sustainability, and community.
Together, the stories invite viewers to think more broadly about food: ask questions, learn, and realize the impact on ourselves and our environments.
| | Nature’s Palette: Exploring Natural Plant Dyes! | | |
Friday, October 9 | 12:00–2:00 PM
Ethos Farm to Health
Join Tobi from Periwinkle Skies for an afternoon exploring the colorful world of natural plant dyes!
In this hands-on workshop, Tobi will introduce you to the process of harvesting and processing plants to create natural dyes and pigments. You’ll learn how mordants help plant dyes bond to fibers and how pH modifiers can shift and enhance colors, creating beautiful variations from the same natural materials.
Come learn how plants, minerals, and a little chemistry can turn the colors of the farm into something you can take home and create with!
Cost: $20
Payment can be made directly to Tobi at the class.
Registration required:
📧 Email tobi@periwinkleskies.net to register.
Come spend a fall afternoon at the farm and discover the art and science of natural color!
| | Beyond the Basics.... Deepen Your Oracle Card Practice! | | |
Ready to move beyond basic keywords and single-card pulls? Join Kimberly Winters of Did You Bring the Hummus for a one-hour, hands-on workshop designed to help you deepen your connection with your oracle deck and develop a more intuitive approach to reading the cards.
Whether you attended Part 1 or already have some experience with oracle cards, this workshop will give you practical tools you can continue using in your own practice.
✨ What We'll Explore:
🔹 Expanded Self-Reading Techniques
Learn multi-card layouts and ways to interpret how cards work together to reveal deeper insights.
🔹 Deck Connection Meditations
Use grounding and centering practices to quiet mental chatter, clear distractions, and create a stronger connection with your deck.
🔹 Guidebook Independence
Learn techniques for recognizing your own intuitive impressions and relying less on memorized card meanings.
🌿 What to Bring:
• Your favorite oracle deck
• Notebook and pen
• Water bottle
A limited selection of oracle decks will also be available for purchase on-site.
Prerequisite: Basic oracle card experience. Attendance at Part 1 is welcome but not required.
📅 Saturday, October 10
⏰ 9:30AM–11:00 AM
📍 Ethos Farm to Health, Long Valley, NJ
| | Singing Bowls on the Farm! | | |
Saturday, October 10 at 11:30 AM
Take a pause from the busy pace of life and join Nancy at Ethos Farm for a relaxing singing bowl experience surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature.
Bring your mat and a blanket, dress warm and cozy, and settle in for an hour of soothing sounds, gentle vibrations, and time to simply breathe and be.
Let the sounds of the bowls and the beauty of the farm help you slow down, relax, and reconnect. Come cozy, come comfortable, and let nature do the rest. 🌿🎶
| | A Series of Opinionated Animals! | | |
A Series of Opinionated Animals: An Afternoon with Michelle Lerner
Saturday, October 10, 2026 | 1:00 PM
Join us at Ethos Farm to Health for an afternoon with author and animal advocate Michelle Lerner, as she shares stories from her new memoir, A Series of Opinionated Animals.
From a disabled sheep named Lamby who wears children's elbow pads to a mischievous squirrel named Monster and his devoted rabbit companion, Finn, Michelle's world is filled with animals who are funny, complicated, determined, and full of personality.
| | Game Day Snacks! Plant Powered... and SOS Free! | | |
🏈 Game Day Snacks: Plant-Powered & SOS-Free! 🌱
Friday, October 16 at 2 PM
with Whole-Food Plant-Based Chef Ann Marie
Get ready for game day with snacks that are delicious, nutritious, and completely SOS-free (no salt, oil or sugar!).
Chef Ann Marie will show us how to make some game-day favorites with a healthy twist:
🌱 Knockout Nachos
🍅 Tomato Soup
🧀 Vegan Mac & Cheese
Come learn how easy it can be to make crowd-pleasing comfort foods using whole, plant-based ingredients.
Friday, October 16 | 2 PM
📍 Ethos Farm to Health
Bring your appetite and get ready to snack! 🏈🌱
| | Osteoporosis and Foot Proprioception! | | |
Osteoporosis Prevention & Foot Proprioception with Dr. Phil Lombardo
Join us at Ethos Farm to Health for an engaging session with Dr. Phil Lombardo on osteoporosis prevention and foot proprioception. Learn practical ways to protect your bones, improve balance, and stay active as you age. We will be discussing
Evidence based Osteoporosis prevention and treatment paradigm
through strength training exercises including a review of the LiftMor program
This event connects evidence-based guidance with our farm’s natural setting, highlighting how movement and the land work together to support long-term health. Register below to reserve your spot and be part of this learning experience.
October 17 2026
8:30am-10:30am
$75 to be paid to Phil
Text or call 551-265-3655 to register and send payment. Pre-registry is a must.
| | Morning Meditation at The Farm! | | |
Start your Saturday with a peaceful morning meditation surrounded by the fields and natural beauty of Ethos Farm to Health.
Join Kimberly Winters for a guided meditation designed to help you slow down, breathe, and reconnect with yourself and the land. No experience necessary—just bring a mat, water, and yourself.
Saturday, October 17, 2026
10:00 AM
📍 Ethos Farm to Health
All levels welcome. Come enjoy a quiet morning on the farm and start your weekend grounded and refreshed.
| | Fall Foraging & Herbal Salve Making! | | |
Saturday, October 17 | 12–1 PM
Ethos Farm to Health
Join April at Ethos Farm to Health for a hands-on afternoon exploring the plants of fall and discovering how herbs can be transformed into a simple, homemade salve.
We’ll begin with a fall plant walk, taking a closer look at what’s growing around the farm, learning to identify plants, and hearing about their traditional uses and stories. Then, we’ll bring that knowledge back to the making table for a salve-making demonstration.
Learn how herbs can be prepared by infusing herbal oils and how those oils can be transformed into a finished salve. It’s a chance to connect what’s growing in the landscape with a time-honored way of creating natural body-care products.
Come curious, wear comfortable shoes, and get ready to explore the plants of fall—from field to salve! 🌿
| | Drum Circle with John Hone! | | |
Join us for a drum circle with John Hone and experience the farm in a new way. Surrounded by fields, forests, and fresh air, we’ll explore rhythm as a simple tool for connection, presence, and stress relief. 🥁
Your participation supports Ethos Farm to Health’s mission to grow truly nourishing food, restore the land, and re‑connect people with nature. Together, we’ll listen closely—to the drums, to each other, and to the living landscape around us. 🌱
Saturday October 17 2026 1-2:30pm
| | Learn to make Your Own Natural Laundry Detergent! | | |
🧺 Make Your Own Laundry Detergent!
Friday, October 16 at 12:00 PM
📍 Ethos Farm to Health
Want a cleaner, more natural way to do laundry? Join Simple Bare Necessities for a hands-on DIY workshop where you’ll learn how to make your own natural laundry detergent using simple ingredients.
You’ll leave with the knowledge to make it yourself at home—clean, simple, and free from unnecessary chemicals.
💰 $15 per person
Payment is made directly to Simple Bare Necessities at the workshop.
Come learn, make, and take home a more natural approach to laundry! 🌿
| | 72 Miles of Wild! Learning the Appalachian Trail in NJ! | | |
What stories and wild places are waiting along New Jersey’s 72-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail?
Join veteran hiker, educator, and poet George Lightcap at Ethos Farm to Health for a fascinating journey from theDelaware Water Gap toBellvale Mountain!
📅 Saturday, October 24
⏰ 11:00 AM
📍 Ethos Farm to Health
George has been walking the New Jersey Appalachian Trail since 1982, sharing its history, landscapes, flora, and fauna with generations of students and fellow hikers. He has completed a 27-year section hike of the Appalachian Trail, as well as two end-to-end backpacks of Vermont’s Long Trail.
But George’s connection to the trail goes beyond hiking. A published poet, George brings a storyteller’s eye and a poet’s appreciation forthe landscapes he has spent decades exploring. His poems have appeared in The Back Porch Review, Voices From Here, Off Line, and The Stillwater Review.
During this special presentation, George will share stunning views, significant landmarks, trail stories, and practical tips for planning day hikes, loop hikes, and backpacking adventures of your own.
Whether you’re an experienced hiker, a nature lover, a poetry enthusiast, or simply curious about the trail in our own backyard, come experience the Appalachian Trail through the eyes of someone who has spent more than four decades walking it. 🌿
Come discover the trail. Hear its stories. See it through a poet’s eyes.
| | Dessert... The Dr. Weiss Way... WFPB & SOS Free with Deb and Jason DeSalvo! | | |
Sunday, October 25, 2026 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Join us for this dessert making class with whole food plant-based SOS-free experienced baker Deborah DeSalvo.
Deborah and her husband, Jason, will host you on their organic, regenerative farm in Oldwick, NJ where you'll learn some of the secrets of working with whole grain flour, grown right on Cold Brook Farm and freshly milled during class. You will learn how to prepare sweet treats that are nutritious and delicious, Deborah will demonstrate a few recipes that you can then take home and prepare on your own. There will be plenty of tasting along the way.
You'll walk away from this healthy culinary adventure with newfound confidence and will be able to craft desserts that will satisfy that desire for something sweet.
| | A New Way to Handle Stress... Spend time in Nature! | | |
Pause, breathe, and step into the fields. Join us at Ethos Farm to explore a new way to handle stress—by reconnecting your body and mind with living soil, trees, and sky.
Guided practices in nature will help you notice how time on the farm can calm your nervous system, restore your energy, and deepen your relationship with the land that feeds us.
Please register below so we can prepare a peaceful, grounding experience for you.
What to bring: A chair or blanket, a light jacket or sweater, water, and anything else you need to feel relaxed and comfortable.
Saturday October 31, 2026
12pm to 1pm
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What does community mean to you?
Is it growing food?
Getting your hands in the soil?
Supporting your local farm and market?
Caring for the land?
Or simply showing up and lending a hand?
At Ethos Farm to Health, community is all of these things—and you can be part of it.
We’re looking for volunteers from our community to help around the farm, in the market, with harvest and wash-pack, weeding, farm projects, events, and more. Whether you have a green thumb or have never worked on a farm before, there’s a place for you here.
Come spend a few hours on the farm, meet your neighbors, support local food, and help us care for this special piece of land.
Want to volunteer? Email us at inquiry@EthosFarmtoHealth.org or stop by the farm market and talk with us.
The farm feeds the community, and the community helps the farm grow.
| | Farm to Table! with Ethos Farm Produce! | | |
Topic: Gut Health & Grounding Foods (Fermentation‑Focused, Global Traditions)
Cuisine: Global
Medicinal Spotlight: Prebiotic fibers and probiotic foods that nourish the gut microbiome, support digestion, and strengthen immune resilience.
What do we do with all that gorgeous Ethos harvest? We gather, cook, and learn—together.
Our Farm to Table Cook & Dine class is an immersive, hands‑on experience that celebrates the journey of food from farm to plate. Participants chop, blend, and cook with fresh, seasonal ingredients harvested directly from Ethos Farm, learning to create delicious, nourishing meals with whole, plant‑forward foods.
October 24, 2026 11am to 3pm.
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No questions too easy or too hard for Dr Weiss!
Is traditional medicine letting you down? It’s time to reverse chronic disease and get off your meds. Discover the Ethos difference. We are redefining healthcare: Medicine the way nature intended.
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- 7:00 PM 8:00 PM
| | Check Out the New Issue of Natural Awakenings and a "Bushel of Goodness" | | Dr. Ron Weiss Talks Apples in the New Issue of Natural Awakenings! We’re excited to share that Dr. Ron Weiss of Ethos Farm to Health was recently interviewed by Marlaina Donato for the latest issue of Natural Awakenings. | | | | |
