Lisa and her husband run a commercial forage operation in northwestern Wisconsin's Polk County. One of few counties in the nation that still has an intact middle class of agricultural producers, Polk also has family-owned food processors and retailers.

 Lisa spent the last 20 plus years transforming a defunct dairy operation headed for Roundup Ready monoculture corn and bean oblivion. Her farm now produces grass and legume forages for small protein producers.

 However, early in 2019, word spread that Big Pig wanted to colonize Lisa's community. Investors dreamt of building 30 hog factory farms and sending a million hogs a year to China's kill plant in Sioux Falls, SD. Working with hundreds of people, Lisa helped stop investors’ dream to expand the nightmare that is Iowa's hog industry to northern Wisconsin.

 As part of this work, Lisa chaired a coalition of six rural townships to develop a local large livestock ordinance. Now called the Town Partnership Operations Ordinance, three counties and nine towns have passed their version ordinance. Many more are studying it.

Note: As of this recording, 10 towns have passed Operational Ordinances to protect their town. You can find out more and download sample ordinances to take to your town at the link below.