Small Farmers Association board alleges improprieties, resigns en masse

MENDOCINO CO., 12/09/16 — The entire Board of Directors of the Small Farmers Association (SFA), a cannabis farmer advocacy group, resigned last month over allegations that an employee, Julia Carrera, was “abusing the responsibility and power vested in her.”

In an open letter to members of the group, the board members stated that the Carrera disrupted SFA activities by misrepresenting the board’s position, denied board members contact with SFA members, took money out of the SFA’s accounts for personal use when not authorized to do so, handpicked new board members in violation of SFA’s bylaws, and that when board members or general members challenged her she would threaten them.