 The region is also home to a greenhouse industry led by Red Hat Co-op, a producer-run cooperative that markets greenhouse crops.Over 80% of Alberta’s dry beans, chick peas and lentils are grown in the region, making it a major pulse centre.The construction and professional, scientific and technical services industry (of which engineering is a part) employed 8,200 workers in the region in 2006, an increase of 37% over 2001.