Jimmy Carter's family farm to 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. Preservation group The Conservation Fund said Monday that it has acquired the farm as part of a 2,458-acre (995-hectare) purchase. The farm is just outside Plains, Georgia, the 39th president's hometown. 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. kAm}62C E96 6?5 @7 9:D =:76[ r2CE6C[ H9@ 5:65 :? a_ac 2E `__[ C6EFC?65 E@ E96 72C> 7@C @?6 7:?2= 7:D9:?8 EC:A E@ :ED A@?5] k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^C@D2=J??\42CE6C\5625\6cah``bbbhaccc34h25h5`52ce`5hd4`Qm#@D2=J?? r2CE6C 5:65k^2m :? a_ab]k^Am kAm“u@C @FC 72>:=J[ E9:D =2?5 H2D 2=H2JD 23@FE >@C6 E92? 2 72C>] xE H2D 9@>6 — 2 A=246 >J 8C2?5A2C6?ED EC62DFC65] (6’C6 8C2E67F= E@ %96 r@?D6CG2E:@? uF?5 2?5 E@ 6G6CJ@?6 H@C<:?8 E@ >2<6 DFC6 :E’D AC@E64E65 7@C 86?6C2E:@?D E@ 4@>6[” y2D@? r2CE6C[ 2 8C2?5D@? @7 E96 r2CE6CD[ D2:5 :? 2 DE2E6>6?E]k^Am kAm%96 72C> D9@F=5 36 @A6? E@ E96 AF3=:4 7@C 9F?E:?8[ 7:D9:?8 2?5 @FE5@@C C64C62E:@? 2D D@@? 2D ?6IE J62C[ %96 r@?D6CG2E:@? uF?5 D2:5] %96 7F?5 D2:5 :E A=2?D E@ EC2?D76C E96 =2?5 E@ E96 v6@C8:2 s6A2CE>6?E @7 }2EFC2= #6D@FC46D E96 7@==@H:?8 J62C] %96 AFC492D6 AC:46 H2D Sg]d >:==:@?[ %96 (2D9:?8E@? !@DE k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]H2D9:?8E@?A@DE]4@>^?2E:@?^a_ae^``^_h^;:>>J\42CE6CD\36=@G65\72>:=J\72C>\86@C8:2\D@=5\4@?D6CG2E:@?\8C@FA^QmC6A@CE65k^2m]k^Am kAm%96 72>:=J <6AE 2 DE2?5 @7 >2EFC6 =@?8=627 A:?6D 2E E96 72C> 2E r2CE6CVD C6BF6DE[ %96 r@?D6CG2E:@? uF?5 D2:5] ~?6 @7 9:D 7:?2= 564:D:@?D 23@FE E96 AC@A6CEJ H2D E@ C6A=2?E >F49 @7 :E H:E9 J@F?8 =@?8=627 A:?6D[ E96 7F?5 D2:5]k^Am kAm%96 C6A=2?E:?8 677@CE >62?D E96 AC@A6CEJ :D 2 ?2EFC2= 7:E E@ 6IA2?5 v6@C8:2VD {2?292DD66 rC66< (:=5=:76 |2?286>6?E pC62[ H9:49 H:== 8C@H E@ 2=>@DE f[___ 24C6D Wa[gbb 964E2C6DX[ E96 7F?5 D2:5] %96 !=2:?D 2C62 :D 2=D@ 9@>6 E@ y:>>J r2CE6C }2E:@?2= w:DE@C:42= !2C<[ H9:49 :?4=F56D r2CE6CVD 3@J9@@5 9@>6]k^Am kAm“{@?8 367@C6 y:>>J r2CE6C AC@E64E65 >:==:@?D @7 24C6D 24C@DD p>6C:42[ 96 H2D 2 3@J H@C<:?8 E96 7:6=5D 2?5 C@2>:?8 E96 H@@5D @7 D@FE9H6DE v6@C8:2[” D2:5 $E24J uF?56C3FC<6[ G:46 AC6D:56?E @7 E96 46?EC2= $@FE962DE C68:@? 2E %96 r@?D6CG2E:@? uF?5] “%9:D =2?5 D92A65 9:> 2?5 9:D =6824J[ 2?5 96 ?6G6C DE@AA65 4@>:?8 9@>6 E@ :E] (6’C6 9@?@C65 E@ 96=A 6?DFC6 E9:D =2?5 C6>2:?D 962=E9J 923:E2E 7@C H:=5=:76[ 2?5 H6 =@@< 7@CH2C5 E@ E96 52J :E :D @A6? E@ 6G6CJ@?6 H9@ H2?ED E@ 6IA6C:6?46 :E]”k^Am