>Yup, same folks been buying up everything to drive you off the land. you know they already have the antidote to the poisoned soil and water. It will either cost a lot or they'll withhold it for maximum effect. They don't need the land to feed themselves, we do.
Or what if there was no contamination leaked, and they just scared everyone off their land, and are now going to buy up perfectly good farmland on the cheap.