Over the past two years, I’ve had the privilege of standing with people in western Wisconsin who are fighting for the health and wellbeing of our communities. In May, 100 people showed up to get organized in support of a legal challenge against Ridge Breeze Dairy’s permit to spread 80 million gallons of manure across western Wisconsin. With more than 330 factory farms across Wisconsin, our communities have largely been left to fill the gap. They were recently behind a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s authority to protect water quality. Despite these challenges, people in western Wisconsin are making real progress.