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Shelburne Farms

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: 1611 Harbour Road Shelburne, VT USA 05482
  • Telephone Number: +1-802-985-8686
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate. They commissioned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to guide the layout of 3800 acrekm2|0 of farm, field and forest, and New York architect Robert Henderson Robertson, to design the buildings. Shelburne Farms was incorporated as a nonprofit educational facility in 1972. Nearly 400 acrekm2|1 of sustainably managed woodlands received Green Certification from the Forest Stewardship Council in 1998. The Shelburne Farms grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows. Their milk is made into an award-winning farmhouse cheddar cheese. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable . Visitors may enjoy the walking trails, children’s farmyard, inn, restaurant, property tours and special events.