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From: "Tom Bri" <[log in to unmask]>
 Any farmer with livestock will do this, but for
> organic farmers it is an absolute necesity, because they need to replace
the
> soil nutrients lost. That is one reason e-coli outbreaks are often traced
> back to organic crops.

Range animals do not have the over-abundance of ecoli which is prevalent in
commercially fed animals.  Another black mark on corporate farming.
sigh....  Oliva