The Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) criticized the World Economic Forum for asking people to eat less meat to save the environment. .“This is where cattle are raised,” said the APP in a Sunday tweet. .“They are part of the natural landscape and ecosystem.”.The APP attached a photo to its tweet, showing cows grazing in grass near rolling hills and evergreen trees. .The group showed a photo of crops grown in an ordered fashion. .It said the landscape is “completely terraformed devoid of all natural flora and fauna.”.“This is not a knock on our farmers, this is to show ridiculous their argument is,” it said. .Twitter user Judith Samson-French said the APP was being inaccurate. .“To be fair, you also need to show photos of feedlot alley in southern Alberta where millions of cattle are overcrowded in small enclosures and fed industrial grains like in your 2/2 photo,” said Samson-French. .The APP said there are about 4.4 million cattle in Alberta. .At no time are there millions of cattle together in a feedlot in the province. .“When they are gathered together to take to auction or slaughter, they aren't gathered together for very long,” it said. .Twitter user I_Heart_Calgary mocked it for wanting to eat meat. .“You'll definitely save money if you go vegetarian, that's for sure!” said I_Heart_Calgary. .The APP joked about him having bugs. .“You’ll save even more if you eat bugs,” it said. .Aspire Food Group said in June it will produce about two billion crickets for human and pet consumption per year after completing construction of the world’s largest cricket production facility in North America. .READ MORE: North American food processing facility to produce two billion crickets a year for human consumption.Aspire, which has facilities in Canada and the United States, said its completed facility will produce 9,000 metric tonnes of crickets every year, which it has orders for the next two years. .It said crickets are rich in fibre and have a smaller environmental footprint compared to traditional protein sources.
