Episode 019 - What is Human Composting?

How recycling nutrients from our plant residues, biosolids and bodies can contribute to a more sustainable future. An interview with Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs. 

In this episode of Environmentality. I sit down with Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, Full Professor in the Crops and Soil Science Department at Washington State University to discuss nutrient cycling on many scales. We discuss the importance of returning nutrients back into agriculture systems in order to achieve more sustainable production systems, along with the potential to use composted bio-solids (human feces) and human bodies in this process.

Dr. Carpenter-Boggs talks about the novelty of human composting, the regulations involved in pioneering the research and the status of this alternative funeral process today. We also chat about the importance of microorganisms in soils, along with many food production systems such as conservation, no-till and rotational agriculture systems. The focus of these agriculture systems being the preservation of soil health and stability.

To learn more about her research, click here.
To connect with Dr. Carpenter-Boggs, click here.