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Going "Green" in Cheesemaking

The cheese department recently signed on to be part of the "Vermont Green Dairy Cohort," a project of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and Efficiency Vermont. We'll be tracking and improving the environmental footprint of our cheesemaking facility.

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Your Top 7 Cheese Questions Answered by a Cheesemaker

We get asked a lot of questions at Farmers Markets. Here are seven of the most common questions and answers. Working the Market is one of my favorite parts of my job -- sharing Shelburne Farms with locals, regular customers, and visitors!

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Our Holiday Catalog Has Arrived!

Our cheddar and farm products offer something for everyone's holiday table and gift list!

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Four-Year Cheddar!

It's a rare batch of cheese that makes it to a four-year cheddar. Find out what it takes to make the grade.

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Our Cheddar Brings Home a Blue Ribbon!

Our 6-Month Cheddar brought home a blue ribbon at the American Cheese Society's annual Judging and Competition.

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Summer Cheesemaking

When our cows transition each spring from their indoor winter diet of hay and baleage to a summer outdoor diet of pasture grasses, we have to adjust our cheesemaking accordingly.

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Going non-GMO with our Cheddar

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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Similar but Different: Clothbound Cheddars at VT Cheese Fest 2016

Couldn't make it to this year's VT Cheese Fest? Learn what makes Vermont clothbound cheddar special -- Cabot, Grafton, and our own clothbound.

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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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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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