You would not know it from the outside, but inside the glasshouses of the Adelaide Plains a silent war is being waged daily — a battle of the bugs.
Beneficial bugs are being employed to tackle pests and protect the vegetables grown there, thus reducing the need for pesticides. And the good bugs are winning.
The Adelaide Plains hosts the most concentrated assemblage of protective cropping in the Southern Hemisphere with the 1,000 hectares of greenhouses expanding every year.
The region produces a third of South Australia's vegetables and is worth more than $300 million annually. But being in such close cahoots with the neighbors increases the risk of diseases and pests spreading.
Read more at ABC News.