Jimmy Carter's family sells 2,500 acres of Georgia farmland for conservation

For Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President some of life's most meaningful moments unfolded far from presidential offices, diplomatic meetings and the demands of public life.

They were found among the pine trees, fields and wooded trails of his family's farmland in Plains, Georgia, where he grew up, worked alongside his father and later returned for moments of quiet with his wife, Rosalynn. Now, nearly 2,500 acres of that cherished landscape are set to receive permanent protection after the Carter family sold the property to a conservation nonprofit for $8.5 million, ensuring that the land will eventually become part of a much larger public wildlife area.A family property with generations of historyAs per reports, the Conservation Fund announced the acquisition on November 9, purchasing approximately 2,458 acres of farmland and forest outside Plains, Georgia.