Over the past 50 years, while the world population doubled, food production increased by 300 % but extra land taken for farming increased by only 12 %. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Brad Heidt expanded lentil planting on his Saskatchewan farm to 3,000 acres from 2,000 last year, including some extra land rented from a neighbour. (business.financialpost.com)
Because the site is near a curve in a heavily traveled road, the district needed the extra land to construct a safer driveway entrance. (articles.chicagotribune.com)