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For Educators
Education Impact

Meet Three Teachers Transformed by the Education for Sustainability Graduate Certificate Program

Educators Jess Angell, Katherine McHenry, and Mat Heald share what's changed—in them and in their teaching practice—as a result of certificate coursework.

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In Season: Spring Onions

They may look like scallions, but spring onions offer a flavor all their own. Learn how we grow them and serve them in restaurant. Plus, staff tips for home cooks.

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Nature / Natural Resources

Transform your backyard into a native pollinator oasis this summer

Native pollinators need one thing above all: a safe, pesticide-free habitat filled with native plants. You can help. Find out how!

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Place-Based Education

Meet 2024–25 Post-Graduate Fellow Emily Taylor

After a year teaching with Shelburne Farms and Burlington City and Lake, 2024 UVM grad Emily Taylor shares her reflections on place-based education.

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Cheddar

Summer Cheesemaking

UPDATED: When our cows transition each spring from their indoor winter diet of hay and baleage to a summer outdoor diet of pasture grasses, we have to adjust our cheesemaking accordingly.

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Investing in Local: Our Future Food Citizens

As part of the Vermont Farm to School & Early Childhood Network, we help show lawmakers the power of food education—like these enthusiastic testimonies from Burlington elementary students.

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Creating a Perfect (De)Composition

"Compost happens." But with some assists, it can be a much more biologically and organically rich additive to our gardens. Find out what changes Josh is implementing this season.

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What a Watershed Can Teach Us

Highlights from teachers in the Watershed for Every Classroom program this year.

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Recipes

Spiced Sweet Potato Soup

As we eagerly await the growing season, our Kitchen Team makes delicious use of local storage crops, like the bayou belle sweet potato.

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1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, Vermont 05482 

Telephone: 802-985-8686

An education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future through its programs, place, and products. Home to the Institute for Sustainable Schools, our historic campus is a 1,400-acre diversified farm located on the homelands of the Winooskik band of the Abenaki.

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Shelburne Farms is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Tax ID #03-0229347)