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A Path Home
29 Dec 2022

A Path Home

by Walt Patrick | posted in: Herland | 0

The National Home Funeral Alliance‘s Sarah Crews interviews Walt Patrick and Elizabeth Fournier about how Herland Forest offers an alternative way for people to go home to nature.  For those looking for a way to help their loved ones become … Continued

forest burial, natural burial, natural organic reduction
A Sweet Solution
2 Oct 2021

A Sweet Solution

by Walt Patrick | posted in: Herland | 1

A key goal of our natural organic reduction process is to create compost that is optimized for delivering essential nutrients to plants and trees.  That involves operating the process in a way which breaks down the remains, not just to … Continued

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Mercury Free!
29 Aug 2021

Mercury Free!

by Walt Patrick | posted in: Herland | 1

A key step in the natural organic reduction process comes at the very end. A gallon sample of the compost is sent off to a certified lab for analysis to determine its heavy-metal content and whether e.coli bacteria are present.  … Continued

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The Sixth Cradle
21 Jul 2021

The Sixth Cradle

by Walt Patrick | posted in: Herland | 0

In July of 2020, Herland Forest became the first facility in the country to be licensed to perform the natural organic reduction of human remains. In December, we began the first reduction, and incorporated what we learned into the design … Continued

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An NOR Investment
26 Dec 2020

An NOR Investment

by Walt Patrick | posted in: Herland | 3

The term investment refers to the process of placing someone’s remains into a natural organic reduction vessel encased in the organic matter and organisms needed to transform the remains into soil. It’s similar to how the term investment is used … Continued

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Natural Organic Reduction aka “Human Composting”
20 May 2019

Natural Organic Reduction
aka “Human Composting”

by Walt Patrick | posted in: Herland | 1

Price List and NOR Authorization form And if you live outside of the Pacific Northwest and are interested in natural organic reduction in the immediate future, please contact us about interstate transport options. In 2019, the Washington state legislature approved … Continued

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