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Cheese Pairings for a Party

Cheese pairings are delicious, but can be daunting. Tom demystifies it by sharing some of his favorites.  But always: eat cheese with what you like!

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Kale Pesto recipe from New School Cuisine

Try this Kale Pesto recipe from New School Cuisine cookbook, adjusted for a more family-sized batch.

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Shelburne Farms Goes to Yunnan Province, China

While the fall colors are in full show in Vermont, I'm heading to Kunming, China to share Education for Sustainability practices with students, teachers, and community members.

Working Together to Improve School Food: Shelburne Farms Hosts the James Beard Foundation’s 8th Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change

Since participating in James Beard Foundation's Boot Camp here at the Farm, a three-day intensive training for chefs in policy and advocacy, I’ve been reflecting on the synchronicities between our organizations, despite our differing roles within the food sector.

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Birds Take Flight - The work of OFES

Outreach for Earth Stewardship has been a partner with Shelburne Farms since 1997. Find out more about their work ahead of their upcoming "Birds Take Flight" celebration.

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Formal Gardens Restoration - an Update

We've done a lot this year on Phase 3 of the Formal Gardens Restoration Project, with more to come this fall. Here's what's been happening.

Support nutrition standards with Farm to School efforts

It's not time to roll back childhood nutrition standards. It's time to better reinforce them with comprehensive farm to school programs

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Vermont Cheesemakers Festival

Hot, stormy weather threatened the early hours of the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival, but fortunately, the sun came out for a great event -- to showcase our own cheese and that of so many other artisanal producers.

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Champlain beach rocks

As “wishing stones,” skipping stones, jewelry, and art, these flat gray stones streaked with unmistakable white lines are a signature of Lake Champlain beaches. I’ve always wondered “What’s their story?”

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Nurturing the Whole Teacher

“…Inspirational, reflective, and restorative summer professional work is so essential to nurturing the whole teacher. “ Find out how Shelburne Farms serves that role for many educators practicing Education for Sustainability.

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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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