Yes, I was referring to the new age moms referenced in the article. I know there are also cultures who plant the placenta. They bury the placenta and plant a tree above it.
They bury the placenta and plant a tree above it.
That works better with dead people, they rot slower. But in some sense trees are carnivores and like some meat.
Quick google search and I found this:
The Māori word for placenta, whenua, also means land. The ancient practice of burying the placenta, whenua ki te whenua, "reflects the Māori philosophical view that the placenta, like the land, provides physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual nourishment and furnishes all the needs of humanity," Ngahuia Murphy, a PhD candidate on Māori Philosophy and Cosmology at Waikato University, told Mashable Australia via email.
Not always, there's apparently cultures where it's cooked or put in a soup. Also a few months ago someone on the internet claimed to have done that with the placeta of his wife.