A Path Home

Herland Forest: Natural Organic Reduction

November 19, 2022 National Home Funeral Alliance Season 4 Episode 60
A Path Home
Herland Forest: Natural Organic Reduction
Show Notes

On this episode Sarah has a conversation with Walt Patrick, the steward of Herland Forest in Washington State, a natural burial ground and licensed human composting facility, (also called natural organic reduction) and Elizabeth Fournier, a progressive funeral director and author of the The Green Burial Guidebook, who often works with Walt. Today they share with us what a “laying in” ceremony for a natural organic reduction entails at Herland Forest. “Laying in” is the first part of the process, literally placing the body in the composting cradle.
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