Animal-footing material; additive to animal-footing material; additives to be mixed with sand, clay, soil, fiber, wood chips or other material for use as an animal footing in animal arenas, pens, tracks or other animal environments; additives for mixing with sand, clay, soil, fiber, wood chips or other material to reduce dust or improve the performance of animal footing in horse arenas, racetracks, pens, or other horse environments; additives for mixing with sand, clay, soil, fiber, wood chips or other material for increased water retention of equestrian footing in horse arenas or other horse environments; animal-footing material made from plant-based material without plastics; horse footing material made from plant-based material without plastics; additive to animal-footing material made from plant-based material without plastics; additive to horse footing material made from plant-based material without plastics; additives to be mixed with sand, clay, soil, fiber, wood chips or other material made from plant-based material, without plastics, for use as footing in animal environments, namely, arenas, racetracks, stables, pens, or other animal environments; additives to be mixed with sand, clay, soil, fiber, wood chips or other material for use as equestrian footing in horse arenas or other horse environments made from plant-based material without plastics; plant-based performance additives to be mixed with sand, clay, soil, fiber, wood chips or other material for use as animal footing in animal environments; additives made from plant-based material without plastic for mixing with sand or other material to reduce dust of equestrian footing in horse arenas or other horse environments; plant-based additives, substantially plastic-free, for mixing with sand or other material for increased water retention of equestrian footing in horse arenas or other horse environments