ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – People interested in getting the green light to start marijuana businesses in Alaska are more focused on cultivation than retail.

About two-thirds of the applications submitted to the Marijuana Control Board are for cultivation, according to The Alaska Journal of Commerce.

Of 175 licenses, 40 are for limited cultivation with production limits of 500 square feet at most, 77 for standard cultivation with no limits, 43 are for retail licenses and six are for product manufacturing, which includes creating edibles. Only three applications are for testing facilities, wh...