A Whatcom County government advisory committee is refusing to walk back false accusations it made against local farmers in its 2026 annual report to the County Council, instead claiming they “allow those contradictions to co-exist,” in a July 24 “Open Letter to the Whatcom County Council.”
Mark Stremler, Whatcom County Council member, joins Dillon to share his frustration with the Whatcom County Food System Committee’s handling of the situation, and its apparent inappropriate overlap with the private, activist-led “Whatcom Food Network” group.
The Farming Show previously reported on the situation, and confirmed the false nature of the committee’s accusations. Save Family Farming also sent a letter to Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu laying out the report’s problems and calling for the report to be rejected and the currently activist-controlled committee to be reorganized.
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