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Meet some of the farmers seeking to be among Utah’s first to get a license to grow cannabis

For security and public relations reasons, Troy Young will not identify the location of the out-of-the-way field where he’s constructing a greenhouse the size of a Walmart.

It is possible that within a few months, this building will be filled with the leaves, stems and buds of one of the first legal cannabis crops in Utah. His chances are roughly 1 in 8 — as his business, Moon Lake Farms, competes with 80 others for a handful of marijuana cultivation licenses.

“I’ve always wanted to get involved in this. I mean, there’s a financial opportunity and then, it’s also .