Niman Ranch wants to double the number producers willing to raise free-range, antibiotic-free pork, beef and lamb and has invested $300,000 so far to get young farmers started nationwide.

Bill Niman and his wife, Nicolette, with their cows in Bolinas, Calif., on January 29, 2009. Bill Niman founded Niman Ranch meat company. Craig Lee/The Chronicle.

In 1969, Bill Niman bought his first ranch, an 11-acre plot with pigs and chickens that roamed freely, for $18,000.Over the next four decades, that ranch grew to several hundred acres, and he ...

Bill Niman at his cattle ranch on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Bolinas, Calif. Niman, founder of Niman Ranch, has sold his grass-fed beef company, BN Ranch, to meal kit delivery company Blue Apron.

Niman Ranch's new report highlights the company’s leadership in environmental sustainability, humane animal care, farmer support and community impact. Niman Ranch's new report highlights the ...

Niman Ranch recently honored Jeanne McCormack and her husband Al Medvitz of McCormack Ranch in Rio Vista, Calif. for 30 years of partnership, with the ranchers supplying sustainably and humanely ...

Niman says BN Ranch started supplying Blue Apron two years ago, and now provides the meal-kit company with half its beef. The goal, he said, is to eventually provide 100 percent.

Niman Ranch is one of the most popular natural meat suppliers in the U.S. We explain why its founder severed ties with the company and started a new ranch.

When food guru Michael Pollan recently tweeted in support of Nicolette Hahn Niman’s new book, “Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production,” the protest that followed made it ...