Today, Archie and Teddy headed to Shelburne Farms, about and hour away. It was a 3800 acre Gentleman's Farm built in 1886. The wife of the couple was a Vanderbilt who inherited 10 million (250 million in today's dollars) from her father, so she and her husband decided to create the premier sustainable farm in the country. They primarily raised cows, breed horses and grew hay. This is only one of their 4 barns (this is the 2nd biggest one) and they have a huge mansion on the property on Lake Champlain that is now an Inn. The boys only toured this facility today, but hopefully we will all get to do the rest of the property in the future. Quite an amazing place that is still a working farm, producing top quality cheeses and milk from their herd of Swiss Brown Cows.
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