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A Forest for Every Classroom

Find out how A Forest for Every Classroom (and upcoming program, A Watershed for Every Classroom), helps educators bring students outdoors for meaningful, place-based service-learning experiences.

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Farming Update - May 4, 2016

Here's what's happening around our working farm as we open for the season. From the Dairy, to the Market Garden, to our woodlands, here's that latest.

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Sugaring in a Changing Climate

How will climate change impact sugaring in Vermont? We don't know all the answers, but we're encouraging students on our "Sugaring by the Numbers" field trip to start asking and observing.

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Announcing Orange Cheddar!

Tired of boring old pale cheese? We are too! So we've crafted one batch of new orange cheddar for you. Find out the hows and whys of this long tradition of orange cheeses (including our own).

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Enjoying the "Fruit" of Maple Sugaring

The running of sap from sugar maple trees signals the beginning of spring. It is the first gift that the earth gives us after a long winter of living off of the root cellar.

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Restaurant to Cafeteria: Why I Became a School Food Chef

We asked seasonal inn chef James MacPherson why he chose to move from the restaurant world to the school cafeteria. He shared some pretty inspiring answers.

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Pairing and Plating Shelburne Farms Cheddar

There’s no wrong or right way to eat our raw milk farmstead cheddar, but there are some basic guidelines you can follow to make your holiday cheese plate worthy of a banquet. Here are few principles to keep in mind.

First-ever Regional Farm to School Institute Underway in the Northeast

This account of this past summer's Farm to School Institute was just published on USDA's blog!

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Talking Farm to School on World Food Day, Milan, Italy

How is Vermont's Farm to School movement growing a more sustainable future? Our presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Food Education, EXPO Milan 2015.

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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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