Veggie letter Published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday, 7/15

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I got a letter with a veggie-theme published in the paper on Sunday. Here's the original:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/08/EDGOTQ8JBS1.DTL & hw= & sn=004 & sc=366

And an link to my letter:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/15/EDG3IQ8JEL1.DTL & hw= & sn=002 & sc=809

 

 

And finally, the letter itself:

Editor -- Your July 8 Open Forum article, "We're running out of water'' -- while addressing a very real and important issue -- failed to talk about the biggest factor contributing to our planet's water crisis: Meat. It requires 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of meat, according to EarthSave.org; a typical vegan diet requires only 1/12 the water to produce compared to a meat diet.

 

If a family of four cut its meat intake by merely 10 percent, that would save more water than the 30,000 gallons a year from conservation and efficient products claimed in the article. Marc Reisner said it well in his book, "Cadillac Desert'': "The West's water crisis -- and many of its environmental problems as well -- can be summed up in a single word: livestock.''

DAVID CORTRIGHT