His extensive experiments with growing plants and animals substantiated his observations that a declining soil fertility, due to a lack of organic material, major elements, and trace minerals was responsible for poor crops and in turn for pathological conditions of animals fed deficient foods from such soils, and that mankind was no exception. ... Bromfield returned to his native Ohio in 1939 and used his wealth and interest in agriculture to create Malabar Farm, named for the coast in India, which became the most widely known and publicized experimental farm in America. ... In 1940, he pur...

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Furthermore, when it comes to animals breeding, naturally raised animals are those raised and fed organically and kept free from antibiotics and hormones. ... When it comes to buying meat, according to Cukan "US Organic Food Market Increases" from the Organicconsumersassociation.org (2013), the report suggested that organic meat is the best because organic animals are not fed antibiotics in a slaughterhouse. According to couple researchers from the University of Delaware, they proclaimed "After animals have been fed antibiotics over a period of time, they retain the strains of b...

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Even pesticides used in farms to save the crops from pests, are harmful. These poisonous chemicals mix with the water used to irrigate the farms and seep through the ground, contaminating the underground water-table. ... Protecting all animals of a biodiversity, not exploiting a particular animal to extinction by hunting for their skin, wool or other animal product shall help us in return. ...

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Salt is the most commonly used flavorant and is a critical nutrient to humans and animals (Freedman). ... This comes from the pesticides and fertilizers to keep bugs and other rodents off foods while they are growing on the farm (Gamble). ... Animals that are raised organically, are not given antibiotics. ... By not feeding livestock animal byproducts or waste from other animals, reduce the risk of mad cow disease (Organic Foods). ... The animals have clean surroundings where bedding is made from natural materials and they have access to fresh clean drinking water (Organic Food). ...

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They also think organic farming does not harm the environment and is humane to animals that are raised organically. ... Organic meats and dairy products come from animals which eat organic feed and are raised without antibiotics, medical pills, or hormones. ... These include copper sulphate, reported to have caused liver damage to farm workers; rotenone, linked to Parkinson's; and bacillus thuringiensis, which some claim causes lung infections in rodents, and is the most heavily used organic pesticide (Luik). Furthermore, animal manure, which is used as fertilizer of organic products, i...

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