1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogCanookhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/Canook/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rky44g9qpx"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/behind-the-news/">Behind the News</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/behind-the-news/embed/#?secret=rky44g9qpx" width="600" height="338" title="“Behind the News” — HappyCow" data-secret="rky44g9qpx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Far too often the media glosses over bigger issues in order to retain their unbiased standpoint. In an attempt to avoid making broad generalizations or looking at the implications of the stock standard news piece. In the New Scientist this week there was a brief piece looking at land use for crops and pastures. From this small snippet we learn that more than a third of the Earth not comprised of ice or water is now being used for farming. And with the push for eco-friendly biofuels, in particular the demand for soya and palm oil, more land can be expected to be converted for farming in the future. And that’s where the new ends. What wasn’t addressed were the implications for the environment, the changes in land allocation, the affects of human diet on land use and finally what can be done. Overall, this brief address becomes something easily overlooked and leaves those who take the time to read it undereducated on what’s not being said. When looking at land division and its uses 28 million square kilometers (22 per cent) of ice-free land surface is covered in pasture and 15 million square km (12 per cent) is used […]https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-HappyCowSQUARE-2016-512.jpg512512