Building Rural Power
Our Mission
Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network (SRWN) is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated to preserving the health and economic vitality of rural communities.
Heartland Stories
Bi-partisan support for factory farms and factory farm gas is driving significant new expansions in rural areas in Wisconsin. Global investors are keen to establish facilities for housing thousands of cows, pigs, and turkeys, or millions of chickens within these rural WI settings. These ¼-mile long barns generate millions of gallons of liquid waste and contribute to toxic air pollution, adversely affecting Wisconsin rural areas. Thousands of trucks are dispatched to spread waste on every available piece of land. Hundreds of fans operate continuously to ensure the animals don’t suffocate. SRWN connects communities in rural Wisconsin resisting this largely unregulated industrial juggernaut.