"This body of work portrays the social and economic landscape of the Spanish greenhouse plains of Almeria. Once a deserted land and traditionally an impoverished territory, today the Almeria fields represent the largest concentration of plastic greenhouses in the world."

— Photojournalist and documentarian Reinaldo Loureiro

Agricultural businesses are proud of their high-tech hydroponic production methods which can generate 3 seasons of vegetables in one season. The laborers in this massive, massive plain of white-plastic-covered facilities are mostly illegal immigrants from northern Africa.

Read more, and see 20 images from the photo-essay here in Lens Culture.