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Campus & Buildings

Favorite Places On The Farm

We're excited to open for the 2025 season this weekend! To celebrate, we asked Shelburne Farms staff members to share their favorite places on our working farm campus.

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'Sage' Magazine Celebrates Place-Based Educators

Our own Aimee Arandia Østensen is among those featured in a zine showcasing stewards of Vermont.

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Windmill Hill Conservation Project

Shelburne Farms is conserving this critical farm and forest land that lies within the boundaries of our campus. 

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Summer Tomato Sauce

Executive Chef John Patterson's quick, light sauce for enjoying the bounty of tomato season.

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These Educators Are Growing Climate Resilience

Our 2024–25 Climate Resiliency Fellowship is underway; here’s what teachers are working on.

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Celebrating Our 2024 4-H Team

A behind-the-scenes look at the future farmers, aspiring veterinarians, and young animal lovers who help care for our herd.

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Let's Make Pickles!

Find some pickle-making inspiration to bring food systems learning to your earliest learners.

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Understanding Solar Power

Three activities for learners of all ages from the Vermont Energy Education Program.

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Vermont Cheese Week at Shelburne Farms

As founding members and partners of the Vermont Cheese Council, we are thrilled to be celebrating the Council’s first Vermont Cheese Week, September 7–15!

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The Artisans Behind the Scenes at the Inn

Meet the skilled professionals whose work this season (and for years), helps maintain and conserve the Inn's historic character.

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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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