The one upside to the urban sprawl where I live (in Mass.) is that there's a lot of open land owned by elderly owners who can no longer work it - and they're surrounded by the new people moving in that are afraid to get their hands dirty.
So there's a lot of people who don't want to see their land get over-grown into woods. They'll pay others to brush hog a couple times a year to keep it open.
I talk to them and work out a great deal - they don't have to pay to brush hog it - and I hay it for free. Everybody wins. Their land stays clear - they're still running as an active farm - and I get "free" hay. (I'll work out with them things like if I fertilize, I'm guaranteed two years access to recoup my costs, etc - but it's all done on a hand shake).
It may be hard to find a similar situation near you, I don't know - but at least if you look around from that perspective you may find something.
I'm not talking 100 acre fields, more like 3 - 8 acre fields. But I do about 20 of them. It's a pain to do so many - but I'm only doing it because I love the work. If I were doing it purely for profit, I probably wouldn't! :) And for the handshake deals - I've never had a problem. And since I do so many fields, if I were ever to have some trouble and lose a field or two - so be it, it's not the end of the world.
Of course some day these owners will die off and their fields will be sold as house lots - so I'm kind of in the right place at the right time, it won't last forever. But - i won't either.
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