1.   Down the block the neighborhood dead-ended in abandoned farmland that Mami read in the local paper the developers were negotiating to buy.

2.   Developers transformed abandoned farmland into industrial parks, golf courses and subdivisions.

3.   Forests and grasslands retake abandoned farmland, especially when given a helping hand by restorationists.

4.   John Hay, wanting to escape from the Washington summers, bought this abandoned farmland.

5.   He believes his invention can be used in a variety of crops and bad soils, including the deserts of the Middle East and abandoned farmland in India.