Curved Feedlot Design by Temple Grandin
date: label: date made
content: January 25, 1989
label: date made
content: 01/25/1989
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A hand drawn schematic for Charlton Feedlot designed by Temple Grandin.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Temple Grandin is an animal scientist and autism advocate. She is best known for her work pioneering animal welfare from within the beef cattle industry.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Starting in the 1980s Grandin convinced the beef cattle industry that animal welfare paid. Her approach was different and remarkable in a world of animal scientists and feedlot farmers who were hesitant to engage with animal activists or even in the study of animal behavior. She used her own sensitivity to sound and touch as a guide to the experience of animals in artificial surroundings. A magazine article from the mid-1980s claims: “She’ll actually crawl through a chute system to see what the animal sees. Once she immersed herself in a dip-vat for cattle.” Grandin was acutely aware, that understanding animal behavior was basic not only to the design of animal handling facilities but the daily tasks of animal management.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Grandin’s entire career was thus built on animals’ abilities to respond differently to various environments. Grandin forcefully argued that by understanding animal agency and responding accordingly feedlot operators could protect and enhance their investments and generate more value in their business enterprise. She won many accolades for her work, becoming a leader in an otherwise male-centric industry, despite her challenges with autism.
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content: Inscription: Charlton Feedlot Drafting, Working & Shipping / Grandin Livestock Handling Systems, Inc. / 1401 Silver St., Urbana Illinois 61801 217-384-4815 / Date Jan 25, 1989 / Scale 1" = 20' / Drawn T. Grandin / Job Charlton / Shee 1 of 4 sheets /
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Temple Grandin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0156.3
label: accession number
content: 2022.0156
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0156.3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: schematic
label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 24 in; 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm