The Conservation Fund Buys President Jimmy Carter’s Family Farm for $8.5 Million Preservation

Conservation Group Buys Jimmy Carter Farm to Preserve

Jimmy Carter's childhood fields in rural Georgia are now destined for hikers and hunters, not hosting lots. The Conservation Fund has bought the late president's 2,458-acre family farm near Plains for $8.5 million, the Hill reports, with plans to keep it wild and eventually open it to the...

The Conservation Fund buys President Jimmy Carter’s family farm for $8.5 million preservation

Former President Jimmy Carter’s family farmland will now be preserved and eventually opened to the public, thanks to an $8.5 million purchase by the Conservation Fund. On Nov. 9, the national nonprofit announced its purchase of roughly 2,400 acres of farmland in Plains, Ga. The fund’s vice president of the Southeast Region, Stacy Funderburke, said […]

Jimmy Carter’s family farm sold for conservation and future public access

The Carter family farm in Georgia has been sold to The Conservation Fund for $8.5 million, ensuring its preservation and eventual public use as part of Carter’s environmental legacy.