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- 1New Study Links Home Gardening to Grocery Shopping Habits▼From backyard garden to grocery cart: New study explains how growing food shapes consumer choices
A new study examines how growing food at home shapes consumer choices when people shop for groceries. Researchers suggest that tending a backyard garden influences what shoppers buy, how much they spend, and their preferences for fresh produce. The findings offer insights for retailers and food marketers looking to understand the growing number of households cultivating their own vegetables and herbs.
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A botanic garden has hired a fire scientist to study how flammable native plants are. The research aims to better understand which local species burn more readily, information that could help gardeners, land managers and communities in fire-prone regions make informed planting choices and reduce wildfire risk around homes and natural areas.
- 3Richland County event to turn 65 unwanted guns into garden tools and art▼More than 65 unwanted guns to become garden tools, art at Richland County event
A Richland County event will take more than 65 unwanted guns and transform them into garden tools and art pieces. The gathering invites residents to hand in firearms they no longer want, with the weapons then repurposed rather than destroyed. Organisers frame it as a way to reduce the number of unwanted guns in homes while creating something useful and symbolic from them, and the initiative is drawing local attention in South Carolina.
- 4Lancaster 'Guns to Gardens' event dismantles over 20 unwanted firearms●More than 20 unwanted firearms were safely dismantled at Lancaster 'Guns to Gardens' event
More than 20 unwanted firearms were safely dismantled at a 'Guns to Gardens' event in Lancaster. The initiative invites people to turn in guns, which are then taken apart, with the idea of converting weapons into garden tools. Organizers say the event offers residents a safe, anonymous way to remove firearms from their homes.