A: You hear about world hunger all the time. You feel pity for those starving people, yet you still go on eating meat. Why is this relevant? Well, a meat-based diet uses two times more land than is necessary for a vegetarian diet. High quality land is used to grow grains and soya beans for animal feed--land that could be used to grow crops for humans. If we stop eating so much meat, less livestock will be raised, and we could just eat the grains that are used to raise animals. Q: Thank you, Dr. Abbot, for giving us so much information about being a vegetarian. After hearing about all of these benefits, l'm sure many people may want to become vegetarians! A:I certainly hope so! (348 words)