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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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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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"I've Fallen So In Love With Education"

Three young educators share what they learned in time spent teaching as Shelburne Farms fellows.

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Behind Farm-to-Table Dining

A summer of Farm-to-Table dining means a winter of garden planning. A recent meeting of our garden, chef, and store teams reveals all that's behind sharing fresh, sustainable, farm-grown food.

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Building Community Through Cooking & Eating Local

Tune into the Northeast Farm to School Podcast! Montpelier High School shares how they practice food system education—from school-wide meals to a student-run crepe truck.

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Beef Shank Broth

Clean out your chest freezer with this adaptable, low and slow recipe from Chef Matthew Merrifield.

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Coach Barn Rehabilitation: Update 2

Ongoing work is focusing on the Coach Barn's historic fabric. Through the reconstruction and renovation of the 125-year-old barn, we keep asking: How can we honor a building’s past while adapting it for the future?

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Two Farm to School Stories Inspire the Vermont Farm to Plate Network

Schools demonstrated the power of farm to school during the recent Farm to Plate Gathering storytelling hour, as they shared their experiences connecting learning and school meals with the agricultural community.

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You Rose to the Challenge - Thank You!

Thanks to many generous donors, we exceeded our Campaign for Shelburne Farms goal and met the Robert W. Wilson Trust $5M Challenge! (The animals were nervous.)

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Food & Farming

Dairy Farming Basics: Classifying Cows

A behind the scenes look at how we evaluate each of our cows every year to help us improve the herd's overall health and productivity.

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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)