Viral video sparks debate on human composting. Costs, 14 legal states, backyard rules, and how bodies become soil for trees.

Bergman: There is a surgical aspect to restoration and to restorative art: suturing wounds, resetting bones. But it requires a wide variety of skills, including elements of sculpture and cosmetology.

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A family filed a complaint against an embalmer after their loved one's body emitted a foul odor during the second night of ...

After 28 years of owning his own funeral home, David Holycross is in a position where everybody knows his name.

A company that transforms human remains into nutrient-rich soil is pushing to legalize the process in North Carolina and says ...

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The Whitingham center offers an eco-friendly way to decompose the body of a loved one into a cubic yard of soil that you can ...

The company is pushing to legalize human composting operations in NC, with Charlotte a possibility for a new $10-million facility.

Interest in body disposal options that are better for the planet has risen in recent years, according to research .

After a resident recently approached the town about the process of burying a person on private property Southwick's Health ...

SOUTHWICK — After a resident recently approached the town about the process of burying a person on private property, the town’s health director, Caileen Simonds, learned the process wasn’t quick, easy ...