STANWOOD — This year’s Country Living Expo and Cattlemen’s Winter School features keynote speaker Temple Grandin, well-known for the biographical 2010 TV movie about her starring Claire Danes in the title role.
The Colorado State University associate professor plans to talk at the Expo about understanding animal behavior and about her desire that animals have more than just low-stress lives.
Grandin, who holds a doctorate in animal science, has written extensively about livestock and has brought about changes in the way animals are held for slaughter. She has linked her autism to her ability to understand animal behavior and has become an advocate for those with autism.
The annual all-day Expo — Jan. 31 at Stanwood High School — offers a vendor trade show along with more than 185 workshops and classes. People can learn about cheesemaking, beekeeping, landscape design, raising rabbits and chickens and small-scale solar power.
“Our program has grown to include not only rural farmers and cattle producers but also homeowners, backyard farmers and urban apartment dwellers,” said Joan DeVries of Washington State University.
To view classes and register, go to skagit.wsu.edu/CountryLivingExpo. Cost is $70 for adults (or $65 on the early bird special before Jan. 1) and $40 for youths. A discounted rate of $10 is available for the first 200 teens who need scholarship help. Registration includes continental breakfast, five classes and choice of prime rib or vegetarian lunch. There is no charge to attend the trade show.
In addition to the Expo, Grandin will deliver a speech, “The Way I See It,” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Everett Civic Auditorium. Tickets are available now online for $25 at temple grandin.brown papertickets.com.
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