Tell us: What do you want to happen to your body after you die? Do you know what want to have happen to your body after you die? Do you want to be cremated, buried, or given an epic Viking burial?

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 ...

When someone dies, there are a few options for how to lay someone to rest like a straight burial, cremation, and now something a bit more unique. Known as "organic human reduction" under Georgia law, ...

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 ...

As an organic farmer who works in ecological restoration, James Loomis is “very familiar” with the science and benefits of composting. But as a father, he was unprepared for his professional knowledge ...