Rising costs, shifting beliefs, and environmental concerns are accelerating the decline of casket burials.

Pre-application advice is being sought to create a natural burial ground on land used for grazing livestock on land north of Woodland Valley Farm, Ladock, near Truro. A working organic farm, it ...

Rep. Jessica LaMontagne became interested in natural funerals after witnessing a loved one’s home burial in Vermont. “I was really quite moved by the experience,” she said Thursday, Jan. 23, ...

Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and ...

Eco-friendly burials are becoming more popular, pitched as far greener alternatives to traditional methods. Not so fast, ...

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., ...