In 2021, brothers Tom and Jim Irwin put a permanent easement on their 158-acre Michigan farm, honoring their late father’s wish and keeping developers from splitting it

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A historic barn on Michigan’s Old Mission Peninsula. Tom and Jim Irwin protected their 158-acre family farm in Grass Lake in 2021 | Wikimedia Commons

A Michigan sesquicentennial farm, a property maintained by the same family for at least 150 years, similar to the Irwin brothers’ 158-acre family farm protected from development in 2021 | Wikimedia Commons