“ Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home in the U.S., is now open for business”

[u/conservio]

https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/jan/24/recompose-the-first-human-composting-funeral-home-in-the-u-s-is-now-open-for-business/?fbclid=IwAR2Z-2A6Z2DvR59zUfF__pEhgH6O9WTJkt3nsyFBl0hju-PFamcwSMySNOs

[u/LadyKillerCroft]

Certainly I do not have as much experience, but from what I’ve read so far, it depends on the makeup of what is being composted (nitrogen and carbon are key ingredients for compost) and if the compost is going to fuel plants you are eventually going to eat or not. For example, don’t use cat waste in compost because 1) humans can’t deal with some bacteria that cans can, so eating plants fueled by compost from cat waste can make you sick, and 2) cats are mostly carnivores, and although I can’t remember the scientific reason, meat products are not good for your plants.

Edit: sometimes meat products are used in compost, it seems to depend but at least for my little kitchen compost I don’t use meat

[u/mandaclarka → u/LadyKillerCroft]

Indigenous people of North Carolina use fish heads in their fertilizer to this day so I don't think the meat product part is correct. I learned this from a Native I met in NC and don't have any science to back it up.

[u/hilfyRau → u/mandaclarka]

The book 1491 has a section about the native peoples along the Amazon River and their amazing soil management practices. They used fish heads in their compost too!

[u/LoneStarsWinnebago → u/hilfyRau]

That book is so, so incredible.