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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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What on the Farm? Three Sisters Garden

Discover this special corner of the Children's Farmyard Garden planted by our partners from Gedakina.

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Summertime Herbal Spritzers

Spoonful Herbals shares their recipes for delicious beverages for unwinding, connecting with the land, and appreciating the flavors of summer.

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The Coach Barn Rehabilitation Project

The historic Coach Barn will soon be undergoing a transformation to make it an even more inspirational place for gathering and learning. See what's in store.

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Biochar: A Climate Solution?

We're experimenting with how biochar--a carbon-rich product made from the controlled burning of biomass--might fit into our climate action plan and also benefit other areas of our farming system. 

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Montpelier's Soulful Soup: Uniting the School Community Through Food

Montpelier High School's inaugural Solon Soup for the Soul stands as a testament to the enduring power of collaboration, compassion, and the simple act of sharing a meal.

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Andi's Pimento Cheese

Creamery Manager Andi Wandt shares one of her favorite recipes using our farmstead cheddar: pimento cheese.

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24 Hours at the Dairy

Our dairy team works every day to make high quality milk from healthy cows raised on pasture. See just some of what they do from pre-dawn to dusk to achieve that goal, and to share the world of dairy farming with others.

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Meet a Changemaker: Gerlisa Garrett, Stowe Middle School

Sixth grade language arts and science teacher Gerlisa Garrett has piloted a weeklong immersion in nature, helping students discover the past, present, and future of the land.

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What the Forest Can Teach Us

Highlights from A Forest for Every Classroom 2023-24.

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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)