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MPR News | November 2025

A greener way to go? More people are rethinking what happens to their body after death

MPR News guest host Catharine Richert (left), Angela Woosley of Inspired Journeys, Taelor Johnson with Interra Green Burial by Mueller Memorial and MPR News correspondent Dan Kraker pose in the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

Star Tribune | October 2024

Counterpoint: There’s More To Understand About Green Burial

KERRICK, GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO

Star Tribune | May 2024

Does Como Conservatory’s blooming corpse flower really smell like a corpse? The experts weigh in.

RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII, STAR TRIBUNE

Star Tribune | April 2023

A New Back-to-the-land Movement For the End of Life

KERRICK, GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO

Star Tribune | September 2020

With Funerals on Hold During the Pandemic, Minnesotans Held Captive in Grief

Dreamstime – TNS, Star Tribune

MinnPost | June 2020

When COVID Upended Her Career Plans, a Local Mortician Stepped Forward to Help Families Deal with Death

Star Tribune | May 2020

With Regular Funerals Hindered by Social Distancing, How Can I Honor my Mom?

Steph Chambers–TNS, Star Tribune

Memento Mori | May 2020

Obituaries: Written with More Love than Money