Coming Soon to a Garden Near You
Colorado passes bill allowing human remains as fertilizer
“All your life you will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until your dying day. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again.”- Genesis 3:19
Although truer words have never been penned, using human bodies as fertilizer was not likely what the writer had in mind, but now, thanks to modern technology, you too can do your part to “enrich” the environment… Literally.
With visions of refrigerated trucks, loaded to capacity with the bodies of COVID-19 victims and thousands of coffins being placed into mass graves still fresh in mind, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill that now allows human remains to be used as composting material, making it the second state in the nation to do so.
While the concept of recycling the dead appeals to some, it is also just as unnerving and repulsive to others. In fact, many people find the thought downright shocking — especially when they learn how the process works.
So how did we end up here?
The genesis of human composting is as interesting as it is unsettling. The patent-pending process is the brainchild of Katrina Spade. Besides being in such a business and ironically, sharing the name of a…
