According to The Guardian, a conservation group has acquired the family farm of former President Jimmy Carter in southwest Georgia, the land where the late president's conservation ethic took hold. The newspaper reported that officials announced the acquisition on Monday.

The Guardian, citing a statement from the Conservation Fund, said the group plans to open Carter's farm to the public. The newspaper described the group as one dedicated to "permanently protecting" the land, and reported that the group plans to transfer the property to the state in 2028.

ABC News reported that the farm, where Carter tended peanuts, corn and sugarcane as a boy and returned throughout his life, will be preserved and opened to the public. The ABC News summary available for this report does not name the group handling the land.

The two accounts agree that the farm will be preserved and opened to the public. They differ in detail. The Guardian names the Conservation Fund and the planned 2028 transfer to the state, while the ABC News summary addresses neither point.

The Guardian's account emphasizes the farm as the place where Carter's conservation ethic took hold. ABC News's account emphasizes the crops he tended there as a boy and the years he returned to the property. The Guardian referred to Carter as the late former president, while ABC News called him President Jimmy Carter.

The Guardian's report was written by Ramon Antonio Vargas. Both reports were based on the announcement of the acquisition and the plans for the property as described in their summaries.

Sources: The Guardian: Jimmy Carter’s Georgia farm to open to the public: ‘This land shaped him and his legacy’; ABC News: Jimmy Carter's family farm to be preserved and opened to the public.