In the old days, before the power of fossil energy was used in planting and cropping, the farmers used companion techniques (like the three sister planting) in order to maximise the space they had for their crops, even if that meant a loss of time.
When the fossil energy started to be used in farming, during the industrial revolution, the farmers could afford to have bigger plots as they hace the machinery to work on them faster. To plant in those big plots had a requirement, there had to be enough space for the wheels of the tractors to go in. That meant loss of space but the machinery saved a lot of time.
There is a very interesting documentary about the impact of fossil fuel in farming
Una Granja para el Futuro from Horatiux on Vimeo.
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