If spring was dragging its feet, it is no longer! Its signs are all around our working farm. We wrapped up lambing season (140 lambs!), early garden greens are filling the hoophouses (grab some at our Farm Store), salamanders have emerged near the pond, and the Inn is in full preparation for opening (May 9). Take this photo journey through the moments that mark the season, and all the ways you can share in them.

See Spring Unfold on the Farm.

Mother's Day is May 11

Send a mom in your life our assortment of Vermont-made breakfast fare, and enjoy free shipping through May 16.

Of Plants and Poetry

In celebration of Poetry Month, enjoy this activity from our recent ABCs of Farm-Based Education program. Sample fruits and veggies, then work together to write poems based on your taste-testing!

Upcoming Programs

Sunday, May 4, 1–4:00PM: Dairy Day at the Farm

Tuesday, May 13, 5–7:30PM:

Vermont Education & Environment Network 2025 Spring Gathering

Thursday, May 15, 5–6:30PM: Weed Walk & Nettle Pesto Making with Spoonful Herbals

Saturday, May 17, 9:00AM–12:00PM:

Spring Forest Bathing with Nature Connection Guide

Sunday, May 25, 10–11:30AM:

Family Bird Walk with Green Mountain Audubon Society and Outreach for Earth Stewardship

Wednesday, May 28, 5:30–7:00PM:

Community Farming & Grassland Birds: A Local Conservation Strategy

Saturday, May 31, 10:30AM–4:00PM:

Pollinator Celebration Day with Vermont Pollinator Working Group, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, and Vermont Bee Lab

What We're Following

The abrupt cancellation of a beloved farm-to-school grant program threatens food access, school gardens, and small farms nationwide, reports Grist.

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A new report from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets highlights the dairy industry's important contributions to the state. Via VermontBiz.

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"50 States, 50 Fixes" is a running series from The New York Times about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.

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Community News Service covered our dairy's experiments with biochar, one of Shelburne Farms' strategies to reach Net Zero by 2028.

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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