Fostering Agricultural Resilience and Modern Skills (FARMS)
You are Invited! Join the FARMS week-long Native Youth Camp July 14-18, 2025
Applications open until May 16, 2025 please apply here application link here.
Native Youth who are ages 12-15 and/or in grades 7-9 are encouraged to apply.
Are you interested in learning multimedia skills, graphic design, and photography? Do you enjoy traveling? If yes, this camp is for you!
Hosted by KARMA (Ke’yah Advanced Rural Manufacturing Alliance)
The FARMS Native Youth Camp will teach participants hands-on multimedia skills, such as graphic design and photography, for an end of the week business packet. The camp will include travel to different farms on the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Nation to learn about the work of farmers. Together, the multimedia skills and farming information will allow the participant to develop marketing based strategies to support local farmers, ranchers and water users to tell their stories, traditions, and connection to foodways.
Important dates:
Application open – 4/1/25
Close of application – *5/16/25
Notification of Acceptance – 3-4 weeks
*Introduction call – 6/30/25
Start of FARMS camp – 7/14/25
End of FARMS camp – 7/18/25
Special Notes:
- Transportation is available – this camp will require daily travel and multiple locations.
- Daily Lunch Provided
- Guest Speakers
- Camp notebook for camp and related camp goodies!
- Free t-shirt
Camp Description
The Native Youth Camp primary location will occur at Twin Arrows Casino, Flagstaff, Arizona. The participants will learn hands-on skills in a learning environment for a few days at Twin Arrows Casino conference rooms, led by knowledgeable entrepreneurs and guest speakers. The camp will include travel to Navajo and Hopi farms located in the Western Agency of the Navajo Nation, and into the Hopi Nation; with utilization of Chapter Houses for discussion and camp gathering as needed. These travel days will include the students interacting with the farm and farmers for content for their end of the week project. At the end of the week, the participants will present their project to fellow-camp participants, family, and camp mentors.
The Native Youth Camp is a place to offer a wide variety of experiences to the participants, encourage creativity and leadership, provide exposure to various job opportunities, and to promote rural sustainability through water and food systems by encouraging youth to help communities especially in food-desert areas of the Navajo and Hopi Nations.
Transportation and Travel – We Got You!
Two locations for camp participant pick-up and drop-off is the Hobby Lobby parking lot in Flagstaff and the Leupp Elementary school parking lot in Leupp. The camp participant must arrive promptly to their nearest pick-up location each day so that the van departs on time. If the camp participant misses the van, they must arrange their own transportation to the location that day. It is strongly encouraged that the camp participant attends all five days of the camp to learn the objectives each day.
Weeklong Activities Overview:
Day 1: Monday, July 14, 2025
Twin Arrows – Introduction to digital and marketing concepts
Day 2: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Field Trip – Navajo Farms/Chapter House – On-site capture of content
Day 2: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Field Trip – Navajo Farms/Chapter House + Second Mesa Location – On-site capture of content
Day 3: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Twin Arrows – Use digital/marketing skills and content to make digital/marketing concept
Day 4: Friday, July 18, 2025
End of week celebration, Farm to Table Experience, Family Gather – Location TBA
**Schedule subject to modification as needed**
For More Information
Website https://wiikarma.technology/fostering-agricultural-resilience-and-modern-skills-farms/
Contact (928) 890 9344 or keanujonez@wiikarma.org
This project is funded by the Native American Agriculture Fund