Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law.

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Here’s an idea: Start a project with the kids that will teach them something important about how the Earth sustains itself. Set up a container for vermicomposting. (Yes, this project involves worms.

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I don’t pretend that I, or anyone, invented the idea of cooking with scraps. It’s the way people have eaten since the dawn of humanity—bound by the rhythm of the seasons, pickling, preserving, making ...

If a compost pile goes quiet during a summer heat wave, too much sun may be working against it. Intense hot weather can make the material dry and inactive instead of helping it break down. But experts ...