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Farms Not Factories is a grassroots network of communities in the Lake Superior Basin that believe that environmental stewardship, civic engagement, natural resource conservation, local control and sustainable agriculture are inherently connected and vital to building strong, prosperous rural communities.

Lake Superior is now faced with the first ever proposal to site an industrial farm operation just eight miles upstream from Chequamegon Bay in northern Wisconsin. Farms Not Factories is a regional response to this threat to Lake Superior and the emerging sustainable agriculture economy of the region.

The key to protecting our land, water, air and way of life rests in the hands of the people who call northern Wisconsin home. We seek to strengthen our rural region by actively engaging with our local and state government, by encouraging our communities and local leaders to balance economic growth with stewardship for our natural resources, and by supporting our local farmers and businesses who are ecologically sound, economically viable and socially responsible.