CONTENTS 14 Temple Grandin, Ph.D., teaches, advises and acts as inspiration to the students of CSU. William A. Cotton / Colorado State University Cover: Temple Grandin gets updates from her CSU graduate students (from left: Helen Kline, Miriam Martin and Dana Wagner). Credit: William A. Cotton / Colorado State Univ. 08 COMMENTARY 42 COMPANY PROFILE 10 BUSINESS NOTES 12 WASHINGTON 50 PACKAGING SOLUTIONS Teaching intangibles Estate tax proposal casts costly shadow 14 COVER STORY Dr. Temple Grandin, Academic all-star 24 ANIMAL WELFARE Humane CO2 stunning adds quality to meat 34 PROCESSOR PROFILE Nueske's: Bacon founded, tradition focused 4 MEAT+ POULTRY | 11.16 | www.meatpoultry.com Honest Beef for all Haste makes waste 56 FOOD SAFETY Putting safety first 64 SMALL BUSINESS Czech out Polashek's Locker 70 INGREDIENT ISSUES Acceptable additives 78 LABOR Wage awareness 80 SHOWCASE 82 NAMES IN THE NEWS 84 CLASSIFIEDS 89 ADVERTISERS 90 THE INSIDERhttp://www.meatpoultry.com