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2025

Legislative Toolkit

Thank you for joining SRWN's work to protect your community's health and property! Here, you'll find the information you need to identify your state legislators and discuss issues related to factory farms, factory farm gas, and local control ordinances. Additionally, there's a sample resolution you can present to your Town Board, which is essential in engaging with the Wisconsin legislature.

WHO REPRESENTS ME?

We believe in the power of community and the importance of working together to achieve our goals, especially when it comes to addressing issues like factory farms and advocating for local control. Start here to find the people in the Wisconsin legislature who speak for you, and then collaborate with us to share your stories in Madison and request change.

Find Your WI Legislator

FACTSHEETS AND OTHER RESOURCES

Factory Farms and Operations Ordinances

Town Resolution to Protect Local Control

Factory Farms and Operations Ordinances

Discover what factory farms are and how an operations ordinance can hold an owner accountable for impacts that may affect a community's health and property rights, especially in the context of local control as discussed by the Wisconsin legislature.

Factory Farm Gas

Town Resolution to Protect Local Control

Factory Farms and Operations Ordinances

Discover how factory farms contribute to gas emissions that threaten human health, property rights, and local control, particularly in the discussions surrounding the Wisconsin legislature.

Factory Farms Mapped in Wisconsin

Town Resolution to Protect Local Control

Town Resolution to Protect Local Control

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, there are currently 335 permitted factory farms in Wisconsin as of 2023, highlighting the ongoing discussions in the Wisconsin legislature regarding local control over these operations.

Town Resolution to Protect Local Control

Town Resolution to Protect Local Control

Town Resolution to Protect Local Control

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

County Resolution to Protect Local Control

County Resolution to Protect Local Control

County Resolution to Protect Local Control

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

Storytelling Worksheet

County Resolution to Protect Local Control

County Resolution to Protect Local Control

Use this worksheet to map out the story you want to tell the Wisconsin legislature about why you're concerned about factory farms and the need for local control.

Dairy CAFOs and Natural Gas Pipelines

County Resolution to Protect Local Control

Dairy CAFOs and Natural Gas Pipelines

There is a direct link between Wisconsin's interstate natural gas pipelines and large factory farms that focus on the production and transportation of biogas generated from the methane in manure. This connection has implications for local control over agricultural practices, which is a topic currently being debated in the Wisconsin legislature.

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