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Dry Summer at the Dairy

The summer drought in the Champlain Valley has been hard on our pastures and fields, with impacts rippling out through the dairy and cheesemaking. Here's how they've been coping.

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Three Early Summer Dishes

As we opened the Inn & Restaurant doors this season, we asked Executive Chef Jim McCarthy, “What current dishes best represent our approach or food philosophy?”

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Sowing Seeds to Grow Farm-Based Education

Discover what inspires, motivates, and changes farmers and educators as they work to grow and strengthen their farm-based education programs.

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A new crop at the Market Garden

It is always exciting to experiment with growing new plants in our organic Market Garden to show the wonderful variety of foods that can be grown in Vermont. Our latest experiment is saffron.

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A Rediscovered Corn Sheller Gets New Life

Market Gardener Lynn Wolf went looking for a way to more efficiently shell the popcorn and blue corn that we grow.
It led to a discovery -- and a solution!

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Farming Update – August 2017

We caught up with the farmers who care for the Farms' land, animals, and produce – here's what's happening on campus in early August:

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Hoofcare in the Farmyard

Even though our Farmyard animals have retired from their working years, their hooves still need looking after.

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International Group Convenes for Learning on ‘Human-Animal Interaction’

Here at the Farm, we know that animals have magic. The conference helped us understand that magic a bit better.

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Meet One of the Herd: Daisy

Farm cows are work animals with one role: to make milk for our farmhouse cheddar. But as Renée LaCoss, herdsman at our Dairy for 15 years shares, bonds develop.

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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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