Ready to give up backyard composting because it's too difficult? It may surprise you to learn that prolific (and kind-of-cute ...

Is your compost a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste? You might be doing everything wrong. Fear not ...

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

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The San Joaquin River Parkway Trust will no longer use human compost at its 76-acre property in Fresno County. The agreement ...

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

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A new study reports that specially engineered biochar can significantly improve compost quality by reducing nitrogen loss and accelerating the ...

The San Joaquin River trust overseeing Sumner Peck ranch has been using human remains to fertilize the ground at the farm.