The New Kid on the Block
So - the body farm in Knoxville was the original body farm. Once it was established other people saw how useful it could be and body farms were opened all over the continental US. It meant that experiments could be conducted for different types of environment, as well as different climates. But until very recently the only body farms were in the US. What about the rest of the world? In 2016 the University of Technology in Sydney Australia began operation of the AFTER facility. AFTER stands for the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research. Here they have started doing their own experiments on human decomposition. I was very lucky to be able to visit the AFTER facility this week as part of my research trip. I wanted in particular to visit AFTER because it is,the most recent, and can highlight the processes involved in getting such a massive undertaking started. But false because it is the first such facility in a different legal jurisdiction to the