The Flatirons Food Film Festival will host “An Evening with Dr. Temple Grandin” at the Longmont Museum on Monday, June 30, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event will feature a screening of An Open Door, a documentary produced by the CSU College of Agricultural Sciences about Grandin’s groundbreaking work in humane livestock handling and autism advocacy, followed by an in-person discussion with Grandin herself. The event is co-presented by Slow Food Boulder County and SOIL Boulder.
A professor of animal science at Colorado State University, Dr. Temple Grandin is known for her work in livestock handling and autism awareness. Her designs for animal handling systems have been adopted in various parts of the industry to help reduce stress and injury in animals. She is also an author and speaker who has written about different ways of thinking, particularly in her book Visual Thinking, which explores how some people process information through images, patterns, and abstractions, encouraging greater recognition of diverse cognitive styles.
An Open Door was produced by John Festervand, director of development at Colorado State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and a longtime friend of Grandin.“She lives just a few blocks from me,” he said. “When COVID hit, I started bringing her food, asking questions, hearing her stories.” Their conversations led to a deeper understanding of her book Visual Thinking and the larger mission behind her work…