Do you go the cremation route? What about human composting or a green burial? What’s the easiest option? But then, what’s the best option for planet Earth? If you want your last act on Earth to also ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A local supervisor is calling for change after discovering that “Human Compost” is being deposited along the San Joaquin River. According to Earth Funeral, human ...

A 2022 law legalized human composting in California, which is also legal in 14 other states and seems to be growing in popularity.

Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation. New Jersey resident Jayme Strasburger chose to compost her mother ...

The San Joaquin River Parkway & Conservation Trust said it would no longer use human-based compost at Sumner Ranch ...

New Jersey is living up to its nickname even in death. The Garden State approved a bill that legalizes human composting, an alternative to traditional burials in which a corpse is transformed into ...

Utah could legalize human composting as an alternative to burial or cremation after death. A bill on Utah’s Capitol Hill aims to legalize the practice of human composting, as an alternative to burial ...

Human composting was developed in Washington state in 2019. In two months, bodies are turned into rich soil. "Water cremation" was also part of the House bill. The bill still must pass through the ...

The San Joaquin River trust overseeing Sumner Peck ranch has been using human remains to fertilize the ground at the farm.

The soil comes from a company that converts human remains into what it calls “a nutrient-rich soil that is ready to be returned to nature.” ...