RICHARD HALL

Director of Education and Program Development

Prairie Rose Agricultural Institute for Research, Innovation and Education (PRAIRIE)

State: MN

(w) (218) 329-5139

About

Rick Hall’s experience includes planning and program development, place & project-based, early childhood and experiential education, land protection, ecological restoration, multi-cultural community engagement, community-supported agriculture, youth leadership, and service-learning with school districts and community-based non-profits. He co-founded Standing Cedars Community Land Conservancy & Philadelphia Community Farm in Osceola, WI to preserve and restore 1500 acres along the St. Croix National Scenic River and improve water and local food supplies. With UW-Madison’s Earth Partnership Program he co-founded Indigenous Arts and Sciences Earth Partnerships with tribal communities in Wisconsin and Colaboración Ambiental (Latino Earth Partnership) with Hispanic communities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua. He is fluent in Spanish, served in the Peace Corps in Bolivia, with the American Friends Service Committee's Caribbean Project for Justice & Peace in Puerto Rico. Rick is currently co-creating PRAIRIE: Prairie Rose Agricultural Institute for Research, Innovation, and Education. Prototypes include a farm and multicultural folk school, providing access to land, equipment, and training for BIPOC and other underserved people, and a Youth Food & Ecology Initiative.