Legislative Toolkit

Learn what a factory farm is and how an operations ordinance holds an owner accountable to impacts that could affect a community's health and its property rights. 

Learn how factory farm gases threaten human health, property rights, and local control. 

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, there are 335 permitted Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Wisconsin, as of 2023. 

Work with your Town Board to pass this resolution opposing state preemption of local control over the operations of a factory farms. Click for a template. 

Work with your County Board to pass this resolution opposing state preemption of local control over the operations of a factory farms. Click for a template. 

Use this worksheet to map out the  story you want to tell Madison legislators about why you're concerned about factory farming.

There is a direct link between Wisconsin's interstate natural gas pipelines and large dairy operations centered around the production and transportation of biogas generated from the methane in manure.