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Expert insights and caring guidance for exploring natural burial alternatives that honor both your loved ones and the earth
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Human Composting 101
Human Composting in West Virginia: Now Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral's soil transformation is available to West Virginia families facing an immediate need or imminent loss.
6/2/2026
2 min read
Human Composting 101
Human Composting in Tennessee: Now Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral's soil transformation is available to Tennessee families facing an immediate need or imminent loss.
6/2/2026
2 min read
Human Composting 101
Human Composting in South Carolina: Now Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral's soil transformation is available to South Carolina families facing an immediate need or imminent loss.
6/2/2026
2 min read
Human Composting 101
Human Composting in Missouri: Now Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral's soil transformation is available to Missouri families facing an immediate need or imminent loss.
6/2/2026
2 min read
Human Composting 101
Human Composting in Indiana: Now Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral's soil transformation is available to Indiana families facing an immediate need or imminent loss.
6/2/2026
2 min read
Company News
Earth Funeral Opens Nation's Largest Human Composting Facility, a First for the East Coast
Earth Funeral opens the nation's first East Coast soil transformation facility in Maryland, bringing human composting closer to millions of families who've been asking for it.
5/4/2026
4 min read
End Of Life Logistics
A Thoughtful Way to Use Tax Season for End-of-Life Planning
Tax season is the one time each year when millions of Americans review their finances, and think about the future. Here's how pre-planning your arrangements can fit into that moment.
2/19/2026
3 min read
Human Composting 101
Human Composting in Illinois: Now Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral is honored to extend our Soil Transformation services to families in Illinois. The soil transformation of loved ones who pass in Illinois currently takes place at Earth's state-licensed Maryland facility. The facility the soil transformation takes place at may change as Earth opens additional state-licensed facilities in other states.
2/10/2026
2 min read
Green Funeral Practice
How we care for our families
Earth Funeral offers soil transformation — a gentle, natural process that returns your loved one to the earth as nutrient-rich soil. Here's how we ensure this process is safe, dignified, and accountable.
2/5/2026
4 min read
Soil Transformation
Martha Stewart Wants to Be Composted. Here’s the Regulated Version of That Process.
On a recent episode of 50+ & Unfiltered, Stewart casually shared that she plans to skip burial and cremation entirely: “Oh, I’m going to be composted. These coffin things and all that stuff? No way.”
12/8/2025
3 min read
Human Composting 101
Human Composting in Idaho: Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral is serving families across Idaho with soil transformation, a natural, gentle alternative to cremation and traditional burial.
11/13/2025
2 min read
Human Composting 101
Human Composting in Utah: Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral is serving families across Utah with soil transformation, a natural, gentle alternative to cremation and traditional burial.
11/13/2025
2 min read
Human Composting 101
Human Composting in New Mexico: Available from Earth Funeral
Earth Funeral is serving families across New Mexico with soil transformation, a natural, gentle alternative to cremation and traditional burial.
11/13/2025
2 min read
“I have been looking for a method to deal with my remains that matches my ecological ethics, and your company fits perfectly. I am glad my sons will not have to figure what to do when the time comes.”
Bethallyn B., Contra Costa County
