I ran an ad on craigslist awhile back. Offering to trade a few weekends of work to any local farmer in return to allow me and my kids to ride ATVs on their non agricultural land.
Figured they'd get to know me, I'd show up and do some work for them and we'd gain mutual trust with each other over time. Once they realized I wasn't going to steal or tear up their land, we'd both benefit.
The only response I got was from some crazy woman chastising me for trying to ruin a farmers land.
Maybe I wasn't reaching the intended audience. Never occurred to me that the farmer was more privileged than me. Maybe I should have led with that.
Last edited by KFWA; 07/03/20.
