From national news to local stories, we're grateful to share how families are choosing to create lasting impact through life's final chapter.
The New York Times
Paula Span examines the growing movement toward sustainable end-of-life alternatives as Americans increasingly seek environmentally conscious death care options. The piece explores various green burial methods while highlighting innovative approaches like soil transformation that offer meaningful alternatives to traditional burial and cremation.
8/30/2025
CNN
Watch how Earth Funeral helps families find meaning through soil transformation, as featured in CNN's coverage of the growing human composting movement. Experience how our 45-day process creates lasting legacies through conservation projects and memorial gardens, offering families a way to continue nurturing life even after death.
12/29/2024
CBS
See how Earth Funeral's CEO shared our mission on CBS Mornings, explaining the gentle 30-day process that transforms bodies into soil for conservation projects. See our expansion across 12 states and how donated soil supports reforestation, ecosystem restoration, and wildfire restoration efforts nationwide.
11/14/2024
Wall Street Journal
Earth Funeral, who leads the nation's largest human composting operation, is featured in The Wall Street Journal's exploration of eco-friendly funeral innovations. Explore our expansion plans to bring zero-emission soil transformation to the East Coast, offering sustainable alternatives that address environmental concerns and changing attitudes toward traditional death care.
6/3/2025
Philadelphia Inquirer
Earth Funeral is expanding to the East Coast as New Jersey moves toward legalizing human composting with overwhelming bipartisan support. Learn about our plans to open regional facilities by early 2026, bringing sustainable soil transformation closer to Mid-Atlantic families seeking meaningful, environmentally conscious end-of-life options.
7/31/2025
The News Tribune
Learn how Earth Funeral works seamlessly with local authorities to serve Washington families choosing soil transformation over traditional burial and cremation. Learn about our process that produces compostable soil while families share personal stories of finding meaning through becoming part of the natural ecosystem.
10/22/2024
Earth Funeral is already serving New Jersey families who choose soil transformation, with plans to eliminate cross-country shipping through East Coast facilities. Explore the environmental and cost benefits that are driving bipartisan legislative support as New Jersey moves toward becoming the 14th state to legalize human composting.
Earth Funeral has served over 5,000 families since 2022, as featured in AARP's exploration of growing interest in green funeral options. Learn about our expansion across eight states and partnerships with conservation projects that help families create lasting memorial gardens and contribute to ecosystem restoration.
6ABC examines New Jersey's legalization of human composting as the state joins 13 others in offering natural organic reduction, featuring Earth Funeral and a family's soil transformation journey.
WHYY explores human composting as families seek eco-friendly alternatives to traditional burial and cremation, featuring Earth Funeral's leadership in sustainable death care across multiple states.
Nevada legalized human composting as a death care option last year. KTNV Las Vegas takes a look at the first facility in Nevada: Earth's.
Experience how Earth Funeral brings gentle soil transformation to the eighth state to legalize human composting with Arizona's historic "Grandpa in the Garden" bill. Learn how our process offers Arizona families an environmentally friendly alternative that costs significantly less than traditional burial while creating fertile soil for gardens and conservation.
Watch how Earth Funeral's operations were featured on KOIN 6 as we provide local families with gentle, sustainable alternatives to traditional death care. Learn about our role as Oregon's licensed funeral home exclusively offering human composting, eliminating the need for out-of-state travel since legalization in 2022.
Earth Funeral is attracting younger, climate-conscious clients who want their final act to benefit the environment through pre-planned soil transformation. Learn about our growing appeal across generations, from young professionals seeking environmental legacy to older adults viewing human composting as meaningful contribution to the ecosystem.
Celebrate Georgia's historic legalization of human composting as Earth Funeral explores expanding to the Southeast market. Discover how Governor Kemp's signing of Senate Bill 241 opens doors for local facilities, making our environmentally friendly process more accessible to Georgia families while eliminating shipping costs and logistics.
Experience Earth Funeral's historic opening as Nevada's first human composting facility, eliminating thousand-mile journeys for Southwest families. Learn how our Las Vegas location serves the region with net carbon neutral soil transformation, conducting daily tours to meet growing demand from Arizona, California, and Nevada residents.
Earth Funeral opened our Las Vegas facility to serve California families while the state prepares for 2027 implementation of human composting legalization. Explore our four-step process that creates 200-300 pounds of nutrient-rich soil, offering families meaningful ways to memorialize loved ones from Maine gardens to conservation forests.
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