Defending Beef & Fighting for Rural America | A Conversation with Nicolette Hahn Niman

About this episode

Nicolette Hahn Niman discusses her journey from environmental lawyer to rancher and her advocacy for rural communities.

Nicolette Hahn Niman was an environmental lawyer. Then she married a rancher — and everything changed. Now she's the author of Defending Beef, a regenerative rancher in Marin County, and she's running for Congress to fight for the rural communities that shaped her. She joins Sadie Bolze to talk agriculture, activism, and the battle to keep 12 family ranches in Point Reyes National Seashore.

People in this episode

Host: Sadie Bolze

Guest: Nicolette Hahn Niman

Topics covered

• agriculture
• activism
• rural communities
• regenerative ranching
• environmental law

Keywords

• Defending Beef
• ranching
• Congress
• family ranches
• environmental activism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Grassfed Association

Places: Marin County, Point Reyes National Seashore

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