Thank you for sharing the insightful commentary “Save water, go vegetarian” (New Times, June 25). The opinion piece brought to light the enormous amount of water needed to produce meat for the typical American diet. With the severe drought we are all facing, we just cannot afford to be in denial about the fact that we are using most of our precious water to produce this meat-centric diet when there are delicious and far healthier alternatives.

-- Brenda Forsythe - Santa Maria