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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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Recipes

Pierogi, Cabbage & Chimichurri

The Shelburne Jr Iron Chef VT team got creative in the Inn Kitchen to develop a delicious dish featuring local foods (including our cheddar!).

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Family Activities

Activity: Make Natural Fabric Dyes

A kid-friendly, hands-on project that gives food and fabric scraps a second life.

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Food & Farming
Nature / Natural Resources

The Flavors of Maple Syrup Grades Explained

As our sugaring season winds down, here's what you need to know to select the perfect maple syrup for your intended purpose. 

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Mid-Winter Around the Farm

Even in the middle of winter, we're a busy organization, and none of it just "happens." See how your support keeps our programs impactful, the animals healthy, and our campus humming.

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Early Childhood
Farm to School

Leveraging Federal & State Funding for Innovations in Farm to Early Childhood

How can early educators make the best use of federal and state funding to connect their children to local food and nutrition and agriculture education?

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Announcing our Programs for Educators in 2024

Join us in shaping a more sustainable future with professional learning this year.

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Farm to School Impact by the Numbers

We’re sharing a look back at some of our projects, collaborations, and campaigns that helped to propel the farm to school movement forward in 2023.

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Farm to School

Adapting the Model: Connecticut’s Statewide Farm to School Institute

As part of the 2023–24 Farm to School Institute Adaptation cohort, Connecticut reflects on their experience launching their first statewide Institute.

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Cheddar

How to Create a Cheese Board

From cheese selection to arrangement and add-ons, Creamery Manager Andi Wandt shares her secrets for building delicious, non-fussy, and and beautiful cheese boards.

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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)