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Temple's father was Richard McCurdy Grandin, [6] [7] a real estate agent and heir to the largest corporate wheat farm business in the United States at the time, Grandin Farms. [8] Grandin's parents divorced when she was 15, and her mother eventually went on to marry Ben Cutler, a New York saxophonist, [ 9 ] in 1965, when Grandin was 18 years old.
In the latter part of the 20th century, the layout and design of most U.S. slaughterhouses was influenced by the work of Temple Grandin. [ 20 ] [ non-primary source needed ] She suggested that reducing the stress of animals being led to slaughter may help slaughterhouse operators improve efficiency and profit. [ 21 ]
A paper Grandin wrote on her hug machine and the effects of deep pressure stimulation was published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. [1] In a February 2010 Time magazine interview, Grandin stated that she no longer uses a hug machine: "It broke two years ago, and I never got around to fixing it. I'm into hugging people ...
Temple Grandin is a 2010 American biographical drama television film directed by Mick Jackson and starring Claire Danes as Temple Grandin, an autistic woman whose innovations revolutionized practices for the humane handling of livestock on cattle ranches and slaughterhouses. It is based on Grandin's memoirs Emergence and Thinking in Pictures.
A curved "V" (tapered) race or alley leading to a covered crush. A cattle chute (North America) or cattle race (Australia, British Isles and New Zealand) also called a run or alley, [1] is a narrow corridor built for cattle that separates them from the rest of the herd and allows handlers and veterinarians to provide medical care or restrain the animal for other procedures.
The Grandins' Mayville Farm District in Mayville, North Dakota is a farm that was developed before 1900 by the Grandin brothers. It includes Queen Anne style architecture in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Engadine house in Ardez. The Engadine house which emerged in the 15th/16th centuries, especially in the Engadine, is a typical byre-dwelling.It is a solid, stone building, usually with a wooden core, which comprises domestic and working areas, one behind the other, under a single, broad saddle roof.
Cow tipping is the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment. The practice of cow tipping is generally considered an urban legend [ 1 ] and stories of such feats viewed as tall tales . [ 2 ]