Yes, Ursula, there is a body farm at UT Knoxville, and now there is also one here at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. But they do use human bodies--maybe pigs, too (I don't know about that), but not JUST pigs. This is for training students in forensic science. Barbara At 07:50 PM 1/21/2010, you wrote: >Jim, I think what you are referring to is the 'body farm' in Tennessee >where they use pigs to determine the rate of decomposition for forensic >purposes. This can hardly been compared to the 'green burials' used in >Germany, where only the cremains - speak ashes - are buried near the base >of a tree. Ursula __________________________________