Fresno County officials 'shocked' by human remains compost on public land, issuing a cease-and-desist order.

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 ...

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

Nina Schoen likes the idea of life (plant life) springing from death. Schoen has a close friend who chose to have her remains made into compost. The process of those remains being broken down into ...

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

A bill in the Georgia legislature would regulate "organic human reduction facilities," or facilities that compost human remains. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Rick Williams, argues that regulation is ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The San Joaquin River Conservancy and the San Joaquin River Parkway Trust, partners but separate entities, are now at odds. It’s because of the use of human compost ...