To employees of 305 Farms, a large cannabis-growing operation in West Michigan, Darrell "DJ" Howley isn't just a boss — he's a modern-day Robin Hood.
When paychecks stopped arriving, leaving workers unable to pay for food, rent, or car loans, Howley made a bold decision as general manager of the corporate farm in Lawrence. Without the company's knowledge, he sold 665 pounds of recently harvested cannabis on Oct. 18 and used the $269,000 in cash to pay his team what they were owed.
"I didn't want to do this," Howely tells Metro Times. "I had to."
Howley says employees were losing their cars and houses and often couldn't even afford to eat or pay for gas. The human resources director would collect food from charities so everyone had at least one meal a day, employees say.
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