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

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

A California tribe is speaking out after reports surfaced that soil created from composted human remains was spread on land ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Cinephil has acquired worldwide sales rights to JJ Gerber’s The Life We Leave and also unveiled a first clip ahead of its world premiere in SXSW ’s documentary feature competition this week ...

A large faith conference is pushing back on "green composting" as a way to handle human remains. It is improper to compost human remains and the practice is disrespectful to the body of the deceased, ...

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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 ...