Green burials, which return the body to the earth without a casket or embalming, can be cheaper than a conventional burial.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO -- Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life ...

When Lisa Fabbro lost her father a few years ago, the family chose to have him cremated. Back then, Fabbro didn't know there's a way to transform dead bodies into soil. She now imagines an alternative ...

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

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — A new Ohio Senate bill would authorize natural organic reduction for humans after death — also called human composting or “terramation” — a process through which human remains ...

In pursuit of a more eco-friendly future, Green-Wood Cemetery is going back to basics. Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known ...

Disturbing allegations were made Thursday afternoon against the San Joaquin River Parkway Trust about a section of land along the river off Friant Road in Fresno County.

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

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A local tribe is weighing in on the human compost controversy after a local supervisor broadcast that it was being deposited along the San Joaquin River. “The ...

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much ...

A Fresno County supervisor says he’ll introduce an ordinance to halt a type of human composting he recently learned has been used near the San Joaquin River, but advocates say he’s jumping the gun ...