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Fresno County officials say they were “shocked” to learn that compost made from human remains was being spread on public land ...

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 ...

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 ...

August Elliott says he’d never thought much about what he’d like done with his body after his death. Then, about two years ago, Elliott’s father died after a long battle with cancer. As he grieved, ...

Katrina Spade is the founder and CEO of Recompose, a company offering human composting as an alternative to traditional burials or cremations. As part of our TED Radio Hour+ summer series, Spade takes ...

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

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 ...

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 ...