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March 20, 2017
This past September, when my students and I attended the ‘Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability’ youth conference at Shelburne Farms, I had no idea we were about to embark on.
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March 17, 2017 | Jim McCarthy Agriculture / Food
A meal perfect for the sugaring season: filling enough to brave the cold, but with a hint of the sunshine to come...
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March 3, 2017 | Holly Brough
The color of maple syrup varies from "Golden" to "Dark," depending on where you are in the sugaring season. We asked our sugarmaker Marshall Webb why.
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January 13, 2017 | Ryan Morra Education for Sustainability
Teachers from Chittenden South Supervisory Union were participating in a recent Vermont FEED professional development course. And it was all about the food.
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December 8, 2016 Education for Sustainability
The Farm was recently inspired by other dedicated educators at the UN Regional Centers of Expertise Conference of the Americas in Curitiba, Brazil. Greater Burlington was recognized as a Regional Center of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development in 2015.
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November 29, 2016 | Dana Bishop Nature / Natural Resources
This fall we've done a lot of forestry work to prepare for next year's sugaring season. Our forests are another thread in the fabric of our (and all of Vermont's) working landscape.
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November 29, 2016 | Linda Wellings Education for Sustainability
We recently received a "High Five" award from King Street Center. Educator Linda Wellings reflects back on all we do for King Street kids -- and all that they do for us.
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November 18, 2016
Have you seen the butterfly on our label? In spring of 2016, we became Vermont's first third-party verified non-GMO cheesemaker and one of the first farmstead producers of GMO-free cheese in the nation.
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November 15, 2016 | Sarah Webb Agriculture / Food, Education for Sustainability
We share author, food activist, and fermentation guru Sandor Katz's fervor for getting everyone involved with the food we eat. Inspired by Katz's work, we brought fermentation into the outdoor classroom with our preschoolers.
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November 14, 2016 | Holly Brough Agriculture / Food
Just a rundown on what's happening on the Farm at this quieter time of year. It's not as quiet as you might think!
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