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Jimmy Carter's family farm to be preserved and opened to the public

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PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press. (2026, November 10). Jimmy Carter's family farm to be preserved and opened to the public. ABC News (US). https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/jimmy-carters-family-farm-preserved-opened-public-138027036

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ABC News (US) · collected 2026-11-10 · by PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press

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The Conservation Fund has acquired Jimmy Carter’s family farm near Plains, Georgia, as part of a larger 2,458-acre purchase. The property will be preserved and opened to the public for activities like hunting and fishing by next year, with plans to transfer ownership to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in the following year. The purchase price was $8.5 million, and the land includes longleaf pine forests that Carter had replanted before his death at 100 years old in 2024.
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The Conservation Fund has acquired Jimmy Carter's family farm, located on about 2,458 acres outside Plains, Georgia, with plans to open it to the public as early as 2027 for activities like hunting and fishing. The land will eventually be transferred to the state’s natural resources department in 2028 and become part of a wildlife management area, expanding its size to nearly 7,000 acres. Carter spent his youth on this farm tending crops and exploring, which influenced his later conservation efforts as president, including signing the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in late 1980. Carter's grandson Jason expressed gratitude for preserving a place that was more than just a farm but also a cherished home for his grandparents.

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The family farm where President Jimmy Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and returned throughout his life will be preserved and opened to the public The family farm where President Jimmy Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and later returned throughout his life will be preserved and opened to the public.
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Topics

Georgia Plains The Conservation Fund The Washington Post the Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Subjects

The Conservation Fund ORG · 5× Carter PERSON · 4× Georgia GPE · 3× Jimmy Carter PERSON · 3× Carters PERSON · 1× Jason Carter PERSON · 1× Jimmy Carter's PERSON · 1× Plains GPE · 1× Rosalynn PERSON · 1× Rosalynn Carter PERSON · 1×

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The family farm where President Jimmy Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and returned throughout his life will be preserved and opened to the public The family farm where President Jimmy Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and later returned throughout his life will be preserved and opened to the public.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-11
The family farm where President Jimmy Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and returned throughout his life will be preserved and opened to the public The family farm where President Jimmy Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and later returned throughout his life will be preserved and opened to the public.
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Jimmy Carter's family farm to be preserved and opened to the public · assertive framing

Claims (18 extracted, 0 hedged)

Jimmy Carter's family farm to be preserved and opened to the public asserted
farm → preserve → public
The family farm where President Jimmy Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and returned throughout his life will be preserved and opened to the public The family farm where President Jimmy Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and later returned throughout his life will be preserved and opened to the public. asserted
Carter → tend → public
Preservation group The Conservation Fund said Monday that it has acquired the farm as part of a 2,458-acre (995-hectare) purchase. asserted
it → say → purchase
Carter spent his youth exploring the woods around the farm and returned many times as an adult to walk with his wife Rosalynn and hunt, the fund said. asserted
fund → spend → wife
Near the end of his life, Carter, who died in 2024 at 100, returned to the farm for one final fishing trip to its pond. asserted
who → die → pond
Rosalynn Carter died in 2023. asserted
Carter → die → 2023
It was home — a place my grandparents treasured. asserted
grandparents → treasure → ?
We’re grateful to The Conservation Fund and to everyone working to make sure it’s protected for generations to come,” Jason Carter, a grandson of the Carters, said in a statement. asserted
Carter → ’re → statement
The farm should be open to the public for hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation as soon as next year, The Conservation Fund said. asserted
Fund → say → year
The fund said it plans to transfer the land to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources the following year. asserted
it → say → Resources
The purchase price was $8.5 million, The Washington Post reported. asserted
Post → report → ?
The family kept a stand of mature longleaf pines at the farm at Carter's request, The Conservation Fund said. asserted
Fund → keep → request
One of his final decisions about the property was to replant much of it with young longleaf pines, the fund said. asserted
fund → replant → pines
The replanting effort means the property is a natural fit to expand Georgia's Lanahassee Creek Wildlife Management Area, which will grow to almost 7,000 acres (2,833 hectares), the fund said. asserted
fund → mean → acres
The Plains area is also home to Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, which includes Carter's boyhood home. asserted
which → include → home
“Long before Jimmy Carter protected millions of acres across America, he was a boy working the fields and roaming the woods of southwest Georgia,” said Stacy Funderburke, vice president of the central Southeast region at The Conservation Fund. asserted
Funderburke → protect → Fund
“This land shaped him and his legacy, and he never stopped coming home to it. asserted
he → shape → it
We’re honored to help ensure this land remains healthy habitat for wildlife, and we look forward to the day it is open to everyone who wants to experience it.” asserted
who → ’re → it
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