West Central Saskatchewan is benefiting from a key investment in Saskatchewan’s Pulse and Organic sector.

Film director James Cameron, his wife and partners are involved in Verdient, a new pulse food processing facility being built at Vanscoy - a village of about 339 people.

There are expected to be about 40 new jobs created when the facility is fully operational.

Mayor of Vanscoy, Robin Odnokon talks about some of the reasons why building in Vanscoy made sense.

"The location is close to the railroad tracks, it's on a major highway as well, and it's right in the midst of pulse growers."

The new 160 thousand metric tonne facility will begin handling conventional peas and is expected to become one of the largest organic pea protein fractionation facilities in North America.

Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart says he’s pleased to see the facility in Saskatchewan.

"There are a growing and huge market for ingredients from pulses," Stewart said. "They are trying to capitalize on it and it's great for our industry, I think that this investment has been made in the province."

James Cameron, his wife and partners are involved in a four-year research contract with the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre to develop value-added organic food products that will be produced by using ingredients from their Verdient Foods plan.