Shelburne Farm

Shelburne Farm is an educational non-profit farm in Vermont. I was lucky enough to be one of the participants at a new workshop they were piloting up here in Canada at Everdale Farms and Environmental Learning Centre. It was a throughly wonderful experience and I met many great and incredibly smart people. All walks of life were there; urban, rural, farmers, gardeners, non-profits and for profits. It ran for two days.

The workshop itself was about Agricultural Education. This is still fairly new to Canada. We adults, like the children we would be teaching, learned through games and experience. The facilitators, Susie and Erica were wonderful and completely engaging. I learned so much in a short time.

We were treated to some delicious local food by Red Seal Chef Cathy Hansen. She is owner of Bernway Farms (Ospringe) and Philosopher's Kitchen (Waterloo).Many faces were there that I recognized and some that I knew only through name, but was quite familiar with. It was an honour being in the company of such pioneering people. Karen from Everdale should be commended for organizing such a wonderful weekend!

These are the photos I took of the workshop, not all of them good. There are a lot so beware, it may take a long time to load them all and they are not necessarily in the right order.

Shelburne Farm at Everdale 2