Navajo Ethno-Agriculture Farm
The Navajo Ethno-Agriculture Farm describes itself as
“a Native American nonprofit formed out of our concern that upcoming generations are not exposed to food growth. Our tribal community educational farm is located in northwest New Mexico, along the San Juan River. For generations, we have preserved Navajo heritage crops and farming techniques. Over the past four years, we have designed a teaching environment to pass on this knowledge of our culture, history, and heritage foods.”
By teaching traditional Navajo farming techniques to younger generations of Navajo, the Navajo Ethno-Agriculture Farm is sustaining tribal culture, knowledge passing traditions, and language revitalization. All of their classes are taught in both Navajo and English and their educational classes are also linked to two tribal colleges and a Navajo high school. While still a young program, they’ve already grown over 3000 lbs of crops. NAEF offers classes, workshops, camps, and work-education opportunities year-round, many of which line up with the academic calendar so participants can educate themselves in other ways at the same time.