Kevin Mathes, a “specialist in soil transformation” for the green internment home Earth Funeral, was speaking to a military veteran about the man’s burial plans. The veteran was exploring the idea of ...

The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into hundreds of ...

Not everyone has the chance to walk on the land they’ll one day fertilize. Lorna Moore did just that in early October when she visited the property that human-composting company Earth Funeral uses ...

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — Thinking about honoring a loved one that’s passed on can be quite the touchy subject, and you might not know what to do after someone’s gone. Human composting is a gentle, safe ...

This green approach avoids the release of smoke from cremation and the leaking of fluids from burying embalmed bodies.