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 ...

A new form of “green burial” is gaining attention, but its use along the river raises questions about transparency, ethics and public land use in Fresno County.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fresno County officials say they were “shocked” to learn that compost made from human remains was being spread on public 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. Supervisor Garry Bredefeld ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The San Joaquin River flows along the Jensen River Ranch area that is part of the San Joaquin River Conservancy just to the north ...

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 ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...

Fresno County officials say they were “shocked” to learn that compost made from human remains was being spread on public land along the San Joaquin River in Central California. The San Joaquin River ...

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 ...