Davidson-based Know Your Farms LLC is offering a series of “Food, Land & People” camps this summer that aim to give kids 8-12 a better understanding of local food and where food comes from. Did someone say food camp? We’re there!

Know Your Farms LLC is a Davidson-based company that runs local food buying clubs in Davidson, Cabarrus County, north Mecklenburg and Charlotte. The company’s goal is to help connect consumers with meat, produce and other food from local producers. This summer, they’re extending their work to kids ages 8-12 through a series of “Food, Land & People” summer camps.

Kids 8-12 from throughout the area are invited to sign up for any of four summer sessions: June 21-25, July 19-23, July 26-30 and Aug. 9-13.

Activities will include helping out with the community garden at Ada Jenkins Center, “Iron Chef” style cooking competitions with boxes of food delivered from local farms, visits to local food businesses such as Davidson Chocolate Co., where kids will learn about where chocolate comes from. Campers also will participate in other activities including behind-the-scenes visits to restaurants, craft projects with recycled objects and scavenger hunts, games and geocaching.

“The goal is to try to help kids connect with where their food comes from and to try to connect them with the Davidson community,” said Christy Shi, co-founder of Know Your Farms.

“It’s mostly about having fun with food – the production, the preparation and the preservation of food,” Ms. Shi said.

More information about Know Your Farms camps is on Facebook.