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Thank you for a great 2025!

Enjoy images from our Shelburne Farms 2026 Wall Calendar as screensavers or cell phone wallpapers. With our thanks and appreciation.

Campus & Buildings

Inn Kitchen Renovation

The kitchen is the crucible where our farm-fresh ingredients are transformed into delicious meals - largely unchanged since 1987, it was due for an upgrade.

Food & Farming

International Group Convenes for Learning on ‘Human-Animal Interaction’

Here at the Farm, we know that animals have magic. The conference helped us understand that magic a bit better.

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A Look into Our Work with Educators

Director of Professional Development Jen Cirillo explains why we work with educators, and what they’re doing when they’re learning to “Educate for Sustainability.”

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Chef Champe Speidel's Warm Asparagus Salad

Chef Speidel shares his recipe for a Warm Asparagus Salad — a perfect introduction to his style and attention to detail. Chef Speidel will be on the Farm this summer, on the evening of June 13, to collaboratively create a dinner with Inn Executive Chef Jim McCarthy.

Food & Farming

Meet One of the Herd: Daisy

Farm cows are work animals with one role: to make milk for our farmhouse cheddar. But as Renée LaCoss, herdsman at our Dairy for 15 years shares, bonds develop.

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Beet Soufflés with Goat Cheese

The Farms’ eggs, beets, and maple syrup are the primary ingredients in this vibrant twist on a French soufflé that can be served hot or cold.

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Favorite Children's Books from the Farm Educators' Collection

Since 1967, April 2nd has marked International Children's Book Day. We're celebrating with a few of the Farm favorites.

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Kids Build a Playground -- and a More Sustainable Community

This past September, when my students and I attended the ‘Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability’ youth conference at Shelburne Farms, I had no idea we were about to embark on.

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Maple & Butternut Squash Oat Risotto

A meal perfect for the sugaring season: filling enough to brave the cold, but with a hint of the sunshine to come...

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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)