Jimmy Carter’s Georgia farm to open to the public: ‘This land shaped him and his legacy’
Conservation group acquires former US president’s family farm with plans to transfer it to the state in 2028 Jimmy Carter ’s family farm has been acquired by a group dedicated to permanently protecting the south-west Georgia land where the late former president’s conservation ethic took hold, officials announced on Monday. A statement from the Conservation Fund said it plans to open Carter’s family farm – on about 2,458 acres (995 hectares) outside his home town of Plains, Georgia – to the publ…

