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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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24 Hours with Shelburne Farms

On July 12, we fanned out across the organization and campus to capture some behind-the-scenes moments that reflect the depth and breadth of the nonprofit’s work.

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Confetti Corn Salad

An easily adaptable summer salad to feature what's coming out of your home garden and looking especially delicious at the farmers’ market.

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Place-Based Education

Education for Sustainability Highlighted on "Across the Fence"

Teacher Julie Norman and Shelburne Farms Institute for Sustainable Schools' Aimee Arandia Østensen talk about the possibilities of education for sustainability with Across the Fence.

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Leading in Schools, With Lessons from the Land

A snapshot of our 2022–23 Leadership Academy.

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Vermont’s Farm to School Program is Adapted Across the Country

We're expanding our farm to school professional learning program nationwide, hosting teams from Kansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Rhode Island.

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Oyster Reefs as a Climate Change Adaptation

This and other work from educators in our 2022–23 Climate Resiliency Fellowship.

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The Joy & Lessons of Butter Making

June is National Dairy Month, and we’re sharing a new how-to video showing one of our favorite activities: making butter!

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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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Where on the Farm? Lone Tree Hill

Explore the mystery of the "Lone Tree" and other stories of the tallest point on Shelburne Farms.

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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)