Ice books, fabric dyes, and thrifting as climate action. In schools around the Northeast, this year’s 2024–25 Climate Resiliency fellows connected their students to the land to chart more sustainable paths into the future.

Read more about the student projects.

Your Farmyard Questions Answered

What’s the deal with pigs and mud? Can goats eat poison ivy? Farmyard Manager Cat Wright answers commonly asked questions in the Children's Farmyard.

In Season: Eggplant

Harvests are cranking in the August heat, and we’re at peak eggplant season in our Market Garden. Learn what distinguishes the varieties and how we're cooking them.

Upcoming Programs

Saturday, August 23, 10:30AM–12:30PM: Pollinator Safari

Wednesday, August 27, gates open 5:30PM:

Shelburne Farms Community Concert: Unruly Allies

Thursday, August 28, 5–7:00PM: Pollinator Safari

Tuesdays, September 2–23, 3–5:00PM:

Afterschool Sheep to Needlefelt with Shelburne Craft School

Saturday, September 6, 9–11:30AM: Hawk Walk with Outreach For Earth Stewardship

Sunday, September 7, 9:30AM–4:00PM: Earth Charter 25th Anniversary

Tuesday, September 9, 10:00AM–12:00PM: Cows, Cheese & Tractors!

Wednesday, September 10, 5:30PM:

Vermont Cheese Adventure Dinner with Vermont Cheese Council

Shelburne Farms is an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future through its programs, place, and products.

We offer transformative learning experiences to help educators, students, overnight guests, and visitors create a more thriving world. 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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