Wayne Williams and Adam Nilson are war Veterans. Even on United States soil, there are days when they feel far from at home. By creating art, they have found an unlikely way to settle in. They think it can help others too.

Farming has gotten more expensive, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). And as commodity prices take a dip this harvest, many Midwest farmers will be looking to cut costs.

Rows of clear plastic containers, stuffed full of brightly colored yarns, line the wall in Ben Leroux's Denver studio, a rainbow of color stretching the length of the room and reaching from the floor to the ceiling.

"We try to organize it by color, but as you can see we're not very good at it," said Leroux.

This yarn wall is a key part of Leroux's business. The soft-spoken craftsman is one of just a handful of artisans expert in the art of restoring Navajo weavings.

The showing starts inside an empty office building, the kind you’d see in any humdrum workplace sitcom, stripped of its cubicles and ceiling tiles, leaving just a bare, dusty shell.

Jason Thomas with Avalon Realty Advisors, a commercial real estate firm that deals with the marijuana industry’s entrepreneurs, shows off the building’s features: a fully operational HVAC system, fire sprinklers, heavy duty warehouse doors, equipped with locks.

It’s a blank slate for a marijuana grower, ready to be outfitted with thousands of lights and complex water delivery systems.

Legalizing marijuana in Colorado created a land rush. State law says the drug has to be grown indoors, but layers of regulation meant to curb out of state investment and tight zoning requirements have made real estate hard to come by for pot growers.