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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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Banana Oat Breakfast Rounds

Throughout the years in our Farm to School work, favorite recipes have risen to the top, including this flexible breakfast or snack by Chef Jim McCarthy.

Food & Farming

The mystery of syrup color

The color of maple syrup varies from "Golden" to "Dark," depending on where you are in the sugaring season. The question is, why?

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At-Home Activities for Young Learners

Indoor and outdoor activity ideas to keep homebound kids occupied and learning, from Early Childhood Educator Jed Norris.

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Market Garden Update, March 20, 2020

Despite so many disruptions in the world right now, the Market Garden is moving forward with planting on schedule. Planting seeds for the future grounds us in the seasonal rhythms of the earth.

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Vermont FEED receives $100,000 grant from USDA for Farm To School Institute

As a partner with NOFA-VT in Vermont Food Education Every Day (VT FEED), Shelburne Farms will receive $100,000 from the USDA to support the Northeast Farm to School Institute!

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Secrets of our shoreline woods. A walk with Tom Wessels

Explore the Limestone Bluff Cedar-Pine Forests along Lake Champlain's shoreline with terrestrial ecologist Tom Wessels.

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Checking in with our Education Fellows

Mid-way through their year-long tenure at the Farm, we sat down with our post-graduate education fellows to hear about their experiences so far.

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Activities for Your Winter School Vacation

If you’re looking for ways to keep kids busy and learning over the days at home, we have you covered!

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Transforming Schools with Food and Farm Education

See how farm to school themes bring classroom subjects to life through hands-on and place-based learning.

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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)