How Horses Think with Dr. Temple Grandin
We are incredibly grateful to Ocala Magazine for spotlighting our 2025 Conservation Summit and highlighting the powerful message behind this year’s sold-out event, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Temple Grandin. Seeing our mission reflected on these pages means more than we can put into words.
This year’s Conversation Summit belonged to our community. To every person who attended, partnered, shared a post, sent an encouraging message, or simply believes in protecting our Farmland Preservation Area, thank you. Your support is what keeps this movement moving!
Community advocacy, education, and a shared love for this land are what made this event such an impact-driven success. Ocala continues to prove that when people come together around conservation, it can truly fill an arena!
We’re endlessly thankful for the coverage, the collaboration, and the collective commitment to preserving the landscapes that define our home.
Thank you to Title Sponsor Brook Ledge Horse Transportation and Presenting Sponsor AdventHealth Ocala for the generous support of the Conservation Summit!
We are incredibly grateful to Ocala Magazine for spotlighting our 2025 Conservation Summit and highlighting the powerful message behind this year’s sold-out event, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Temple Grandin. Seeing our mission reflected on these pages means more than we can put into words.
This year’s Conversation Summit belonged to our community. To every person who attended, partnered, shared a post, sent an encouraging message, or simply believes in protecting our Farmland Preservation Area, thank you. Your support is what keeps this movement moving!
Community advocacy, education, and a shared love for this land are what made this event such an impact-driven success. Ocala continues to prove that when people come together around conservation, it can truly fill an arena!
We’re endlessly thankful for the coverage, the collaboration, and the collective commitment to preserving the landscapes that define our home.
Thank you to Title Sponsor Brook Ledge Horse Transportation and Presenting Sponsor AdventHealth Ocala for the generous support of the Conservation Summit!
Temple is a professor, best-selling author, and an international speaker. She is a Distinguished Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and her research on animal behavior, livestock handling and autism has improved the lives of animals and people on a worldwide basis. The facilities she has designed for handling livestock are used by many companies around the world. She has also been instrumental in implementing animal welfare auditing programs that are used by McDonalds, Wendy’s, Whole Foods, and other corporations. Temple has appeared on numerous TV shows such as 20/20 and Prime Time.
Renowned artist of the springs, Margaret Ross Tolbert talked about how the springs and the translucent quality of the water are her muse.
National Geographic Explorer and geology professor Dr. Jason Gulley spoke about the science of the springs and how the successful restoration project in Crystal River gives him hope about the future of Florida’s springs.
