Nicolette Hahn Niman

rancher and former environmental attorney

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Rancher and co-owner of BN Ranch, which is based in Marin County and specializes in grass-fed cattle, and author of Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production; former environmental lawyer with the Waterkeeper Alliance, she lives on a cattle ranch in Bolinas, California with her husband Bill Niman, one of the nation's most well-known grass-based ranchers

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