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Education Impact
Place-Based Education

Burlington City & Lake Students Share Their Environmental "A-ha's"

Burlington students from share what surprised them most when learning from the land and the people who steward it.

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Going to Bat for Bats

The Farm's long-term effort to provide for embattled little brown bats (but keep them out of the Inn!) is bearing fruit — and bats!

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When It's May, We Hay

With the sun shining for a long stretch in late May, we had great hot, dry weather for the season’s first haying.

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Sustainability and Racism - Resources for You

​​​​​​​At this profound moment in our country, as so many of us seek to educate ourselves to dismantle systemic racism, here are a few resources that our staff have found helpful.

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Helping feed Vermonters through Food Box Program

We are proud to be supplying our cheese to the “Farmers to Families” Food Box program—Vermonters feeding Vermonters during COVID-19.

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Teaching through COVID-19: Voices from the Climate Resiliency Fellowship, I

Teachers from our 2019-2020 Climate Resiliency Fellowship offer their thoughts on teaching about climate change – and teaching in general – through COVID-19.

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Vermont FEED Farm to School Webinar for Educators

Watch Vermont FEED's webinar recording and find related resources to bring food system eduction alive both in the classroom and online environment.

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Farm Lawns, Reimagined

With fewer seasonal hires due to COVID-19 and a commitment to "Unlawning" and "Raising the Blade," Shelburne Farms is dramatically reducing lawn mowing this season.

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Our Chicken Parade – Made Virtual

Have you ever had a front row seat to a Chicken Parade? Here’s your chance! Learn some fun facts about chickens and see what our flock is up to this time of year.

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Mac 'n' Trees from New School Cuisine

A favorite recipe from our Farm to School cookbook, New School Cuisine, scaled down for a family-sized portion.

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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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