Posted by Rita Mu
Tight security has saved 170-acres of strawberries from being poisoned at a farm in Queensland.
According to a report by The Sydney Morning Herald, staff at Gowinta Farms at Beerwah, on the Sunshine Coast, detected poison in the farm’s water stores last Tuesday.
The farm faced a similar attack in 2009, which wiped out tomato and cucumber crops. Following this attack, the farm implemented a water draining system that operated on a daily basis and begun conducting water quality tests regularly.
Spokesman James Ashby told the AAP that the latest attack was a good example of the benefits of investing in tight security measures.
Those responsible for the latest poisoning attack have not been identified. Police are currently investigating the incident.
Image: Gowinta Farms on the Sunshine Coast, Source: skynews.com.au