Dr. Temple Grandin & Joel Salatin: Q & A (2023)

Dr. Temple Grandin sat down with Joel Salatin for a question and answer session on a range of topics from animals to autism. This session was filmed at the 2023 Homestead Festival. (Day 2 / Main Stage)
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About Temple Grandin:
Dr. Grandin did not talk until she was three and a half years old. She was fortunate to get early speech therapy. Her teachers also taught her how to wait and take turns when playing board games. She was mainstreamed into a normal kindergarten at age five. Oliver Sacks wrote in the forward of Thinking in Pictures that her first book Emergence: Labeled Autistic was “unprecedented because there had never before been an inside narrative of autism.” Dr. Sacks profiled Dr. Grandin in his best selling book Anthropologist on Mars.
Dr. Grandin became a prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior. Today she is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. She also has a successful career consulting on both livestock handling equipment design and animal welfare. She has been featured on NPR (National Public Radio) and a BBC Special - "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow". She has also appeared on National TV shows such as Larry King Live, 20/20, Sixty Minutes, Fox and Friends, and she has a 2010 TED talk. Articles about Dr. Grandin have appeared in Time Magazine, New York Times, Discover Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. HBO made an Emmy Award winning movie about her life and she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. Learn more at www.templegrandin.com/
About Joel Salatin:
Joel Salatin is the owner and operator at Polyface Farm, where he employs innovative methods such as rotational grazing, polyculture, and composting to promote soil health and animal welfare. His holistic approach to farming is showcased in works like "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan, where Salatin's practices serve as an exemplar of sustainable agriculture. Known for his advocacy of local and direct-to-consumer food systems, Salatin has become an influential voice in the movement toward regenerative farming and ethical animal husbandry. Through his writings, public speaking engagements, and hands-on work at Polyface Farm, Joel Salatin has inspired a new generation of farmers and consumers to reconsider their relationship with food and agriculture, emphasizing ecological balance, community resilience, and ethical stewardship of the land. Learn more at polyfacefarms.com/

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Would love to see Dr Temple Grandin on Gabe Brown's and Greg Judy's regen grazing farms and hear her reactions.