PORTLAND, Ore. -- Cynthia Beal wants to be an Oregon cherry tree after she dies. She has everything to make it happen -- a body, a burial site and a biodegradable coffin. "It is composting at its best ...

TULSA, Okla. — On this Earth Day, one local funeral home operator decided to offer what he’s calling “green burials.” When you walk into the facility on South Lewis, it certainly doesn’t feel like a ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — For more than a year, Max Justice has been on a mission to bury the way we’re buried. Deciding to abandon metal caskets, he feels the funeral industry has mush-room to grow, ...

Whether you’re planning a funeral for a recently passed loved one or preparing for the distant future, you want to choose the best casket for the occasion. You can either get a casket from a funeral ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — Setas Mushrooms grows hundreds of pounds of mushrooms every week on a farm a few miles outside of Greencastle, Franklin County. Here, Company Chairman Max Justice is making more ...

Elisa Donovan has been thinking about what happens to bodies after people die — about the chemicals that funeral home workers use to embalm them. The metal caskets and concrete vaults that house them ...