My 4½ Acres Each year you consume and use the total amount of agricultural products, like food and clothing, produced on about 4½ acres of American farmland. (One acre is about the size of a football field.) Put these together and that is the amount of land each person in this country needs for all their food and fiber resources. What will 4½ acres produce for you? 1. Click here to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader. (If you already have a reader, go on to step 2.) 2. Click here to view My 4½ Acres in PDF file format .