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Nature / Natural Resources
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A Bird-Friendly Sugarbush

With sugaring season upon us again, we're resharing an earlier story about being recognized as a "Bird-Friendly Sugarbush" by Audubon Vermont, and why it matters.

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Climate Action
Food & Farming
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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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Climate Action
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First Day of Sugaring: The Writing's on the Wall

We boiled our first maple syrup this year on February 5th–the earliest date in memory. Is this climate change at work? We look at our data.

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Climate Action Planning for Net Zero by 2028

Shelburne Farms has set a goal to achieve net zero by 2028. How do you go about tackling a goal like that? Our Climate Action Advisor, Connor Stedman, shares his thoughts.

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Enriching Lives: Animal and Human

UVM student and farmyard educator Catherine Ziac tackles the question of how animal enrichment might affect the welfare of our education animals and their human interactions.

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Hawai'i and Vermont, Place-Based Partners

Educators, including Shelburne Farms staff, from these two very different places are, in fact, partners in place-based research and shared learning.

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Maple Sugaring as the Climate Changes

What does sugaring in a changing climate look like? For us, right now, it looks like... just sugaring. But that’s not to say all is healthy in the woods. 

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Farming in a Changing Climate

In response to climate change, we’re dialing in our practices to manage the micro-environment around the plants. Then we build resilience in the whole system through soil health.

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New Wildlife Tracker Supports Community Science

A new Motus radiotelemetry tracking station has been installed at the dairy. It's a great way for us to support wildlife research at the farm and beyond.

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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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