Episode #208 - Nicolette hahn-niman

Nicolette is an author, lawyer, rancher, and one of the many environmental experts featured in the film, Sacred Cow.

In this episode, we dive into why well-raised cattle actually improve ecosystem function and how removing them from our food system would create a gaping hole for us, both nutritionally and environmentally.

We also get into:

• How Nicolette got involved with ranching and how that lead to meeting her future husband, Bill Niman of Niman Ranch

• Why Nicolette wrote Defending Beef

• The miscalculations and misattribution of methane to climate change

• Why it’s so hard for women to eat meat and why they should