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Is human composting legal in Minnesota?
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Yes. Minnesota allows human composting, and the law treats the soil like cremated remains. That means you can scatter it anywhere you have the property owner's permission, such as a backyard garden or the cabin. There is no local provider yet, so a body can be flown to one.
Key points
- Legal in 14 states as of the October 2026 webinar, with bills in more.
- Same scattering rules as cremated remains.
- Out-of-state providers can receive a person by air.
Angela Woosley, M.A.Mortician and end-of-life doula, Inspired Journeys · Guest presenter
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And that’s because that natural organic material, that organic material that they’re putting in with me, they really have to offset what I bring to the table in order to break my body down. In Minnesota, we wrote our laws so that the soil from human composting is treated like cremated remains. So it follows the same rules about scattering. So we can scatter cremated remains anywhere we have permission of the property owner. So you can scatter cremated remains or human composting soil in your backyard to feed your rose bushes. You can scatter cremated remains or soil at the cabin, or under a tree, or in a park after you have contacted the city and gotten permission to do that, which is what I’m sure everyone scattering cremated remains does.
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