COMMUNITY. POWER. STEWARDSHIP. SOLIDARITY. LISTENING. In 2023, the GROWW Community crafted and ratified the first semi-annual statement of our Values, Vision, and Platform to guide the work we do together and articulate the future we’re fighting for.
GROWW is a nonprofit, 501c4 community organization based in western Wisconsin committed to building power to create the change we all need through community action so that everyone can make ends meet, live with dignity and have a voice in the decisions that impact us.
GROWW is an independent organization and a vehicle for western Wisconsinites to use and mobilize to make the change we need. As community members, we know best our real problems and the solutions we need.
Thank you to our members, local individual donors, and institutional donors who together support our mission and member’s guiding vision to win the change we need. Together we are powerful! ALLL GROWW Members and Individual Donors.
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Pierce County residents say fight against CAFO is a fight for their lives
A group of Pierce County residents and GrassRoots Organizing Western Wisconsin is awaiting a response to a petition for a contested case hearing for the expansion of Ridge Breeze Dairy to grow four times its size.
Pierce County town passes ordinance for factory farms
The Town of Isabelle in Pierce County unanimously passed an Operations Ordinance to ensure local oversight of massive factory farms. The decision came after 75 people packed the Tabor Lutheran Church at a public hearing the prior week to give near-unanimous support for adopting the ordinance.
Western Wisconsin town is latest to propose new rules for large livestock farms
The Pierce County town of Isabelle will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a draft operations ordinance for concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Those farms have at least 1,000 animal units or the equivalent of 700 milking cows. The ordinance would require a CAFO owner to obtain an operations permit to address concerns about manure, air pollution and road damage among other issues.
Legislators address Chippewa Valley budget priorities while protesters advocate for more child care funding
Over a dozen GROWW members and protesters gathered in front of the Eggs and Issues breakfast forum from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 17. They shared their frustration over what they say is a lack of funding for child care and public education in the budget to meet the needs of providers, educators, and families.
Pierce County residents say fight against CAFO is a fight for their lives
A group of Pierce County residents and GrassRoots Organizing Western Wisconsin is awaiting a response to a petition for a contested case hearing for the expansion of Ridge Breeze Dairy to grow four times its size.
Pierce County town passes ordinance for factory farms
The Town of Isabelle in Pierce County unanimously passed an Operations Ordinance to ensure local oversight of massive factory farms. The decision came after 75 people packed the Tabor Lutheran Church at a public hearing the prior week to give near-unanimous support for adopting the ordinance.
Western Wisconsin town is latest to propose new rules for large livestock farms
The Pierce County town of Isabelle will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a draft operations ordinance for concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Those farms have at least 1,000 animal units or the equivalent of 700 milking cows. The ordinance would require a CAFO owner to obtain an operations permit to address concerns about manure, air pollution and road damage among other issues.
Legislators address Chippewa Valley budget priorities while protesters advocate for more child care funding
Over a dozen GROWW members and protesters gathered in front of the Eggs and Issues breakfast forum from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 17. They shared their frustration over what they say is a lack of funding for child care and public education in the budget to meet the needs of providers, educators, and families.
Featured Blog Posts
- Civic Solidarity
The Corporate 1% is Consolidating American Resources And Wealth. To Stop Them We Must Stand Together.
December 12, 2025
When I was a teenager, because of my dad’s work, I lived in a town in France. Sometimes, chanting mixed with the buzzing of the doorbell would wake me up in the middle of the night: USA GO HOME, USA GO HOME. I would lie in bed, my throat tightening…
- Rural WI vs. Corporate Ag
Public Calls for Oversight of Factory Farms at Pierce County Committee Meeting
November 23, 2025
The support comes as multiple towns look into local ordinances of their own. Pierce County, WI – Residents made it clear they want protection from the harmful impacts of factory farms at the November 17 meeting of the county’s Groundwater Advisory Committee. Over 50 residents turned out in person and…
- Civic Solidarity
Residents in Western Wisconsin Warn County Officials of HR1’s Looming Budget Crisis
November 21, 2025
Federal cuts may overwhelm local systems and force counties to reduce, slow or cancel services towns and families depend on Western Wis. — Residents from Dunn, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix counties warned county boards that HR1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill”, is poised to trigger significant…
- Civic Solidarity
Western Wisconsin Residents Demand Congressional Action to Reverse SNAP Cuts
November 10, 2025
Administration Moves to Claw Back Food Assistance; GROWW Members Demand Representative Van Orden Defend Wisconsin Families Eau Claire, Wis. — On Saturday, more than fifty western Wisconsin residents gathered outside Congressman Derrick Van Orden’s Eau Claire office to demand that he and other members of Congress take responsibility for the…
- Rural WI vs. Corporate Ag
Pierce County Residents Urge Groundwater Committee to Check Factory Farm Expansion, Explore Operations Ordinance
October 30, 2025
Several local leaders asked Pierce County’s ad-hoc groundwater committee to look into local ordinances to protect the county from expanding factory farms The momentum to protect Pierce County communities from the harmful impacts of massive factory farms has become stronger after county residents and farmers urged the Pierce County Groundwater…
- Civic Solidarity
Wisconsinites to Rep. Van Orden: Break Partisan Gridlock; Restore Access to Health Coverage for Ordinary People and Families
October 6, 2025
Menomonie, Wis. — On October 4th, 55 members of GROWW (GrassRoots Organizing Western Wisconsin) gathered inside a public meeting room off the entry way of the Menomonie Public Library. As a US government shutdown entered its third day, GROWW joined the growing number of Wisconsinites sending a message to Rep….
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Wednesday, January 7
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Lund Fire Department
Stockholm Operations Ordinance Public Hearing
The Town of Stockholm will be hosting a public hearing for their draft Operations Ordinance on Wednesday, January 7 at the Lund Fire Hall. Come show your support for local...
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I support an end to gerrymandering. Not only in Wisconsin, but all over the country, and I currently don’t feel as though my representative represent me as a person. I’m very passionate about environmental issues and I don’t feel I get adequate representation in this part of the state.
Lisa M.
I absolutely hate being ignored, and my legislator ignores me because he lives in a gerrymandered district, and so I hate gerrymandered districts. I have good ideas. I want the legislator to listen to me and therefore I want them to hold a hearing on redistricting, and not just do it behind closed doors.
Cheryl M.
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We support building a political system that is fair, accessible, and responsive to all of us.
Economic Justice
We support building a robust economy where everyone’s basic human needs are met.
Environmental Justice
We support all people having equal access to a healthy, safe, and sustainable environment.
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2019
Founded in 2019, we are an organization of ordinary people, of all ages and walks of life, who have come together to tackle issues impacting our families, homes, and communities.
7 counties
Together, we are working across Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix counties to build a world where all of us can flourish and be free.
200 municipalities
There are nearly 200 municipalities in GROWW’s area.
Building power together to create the change we need.
Building power together to create the change we need.
Building power together to create the change we need.
Building power together to create the change we need.
Building power together to create the change we need.
Building power together to create the change we need.
We are an organization of ordinary people, of all ages and walks of life, who have come together to tackle issues impacting our families, homes, and communities.
We started organizing together back in 2019 when seven neighbors gathered around a kitchen table on a farm in Pierce County. Since then, we’ve grown in our ranks and scope across Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix in western Wisconsin.
At the heart of our mission is the belief that we all have the power to make a difference when we get organized and step into the public arena.
Through community-led, issue campaigns, we are advancing a long-term agenda to tackle structural barriers that hold us back and creating a future where everyone can lead their best life, have a roof over their head, a meal on the table, and a job that can support a family.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
- Building power together to create the change we need.
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Building power together to create the change we need.
We are an organization of ordinary people, of all ages and walks of life, who have come together to tackle issues impacting our families, homes, and communities.
We started organizing together back in 2019 when seven neighbors gathered around a kitchen table on a farm in Pierce County. Since then, we’ve grown in our ranks and scope across Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix in western Wisconsin.
At the heart of our mission is the belief that we all have the power to make a difference when we get organized and step into the public arena.
Through community-led, issue campaigns, we are advancing a long-term agenda to tackle structural barriers that hold us back and creating a future where everyone can lead their best life, have a roof over their head, a meal on the table, and a job that can support a family.
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Become a GROWW Member. Make a contribution to join your neighbors standing up for our homes and families and winning the change we need.
Connect with your neighbors and build power for ordinary people in western Wisconsin. Our members are the backbone of our work together. No matter how much money we have or whether we’re white, black or brown, together we’re grounded in the needs and aspirations of our community. Membership connects you with a network of people ready to get to work for a better future.
Counter Corporate Power with People Power. For too long, our communities have suffered under policies that benefit the wealthy few while draining resources from our neighborhoods, towns, schools, and local governments. We know it doesn’t have to be this way.
Become a GROWW Member. Make a contribution to join your neighbors standing up for our homes and families and winning the change we need.
Connect with your neighbors and build power for ordinary people in western Wisconsin. Our members are the backbone of our work together. No matter how much money we have or whether we’re white, black or brown, together we’re grounded in the needs and aspirations of our community. Membership connects you with a network of people ready to get to work for a better future.
Counter Corporate Power with People Power. For too long, our communities have suffered under policies that benefit the wealthy few while draining resources from our neighborhoods, towns, schools, and local governments. We know it doesn’t have to be this way.
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