Summary

1. Bill and Nicolette – Bill and Nicolette Niman are happy to invite Foer into their home in the small town of Bolinas, California. Bill explains he first got into homesteading and farming after developing an interest in it years before, along with his first wife who died in a tragic farm accident. Bill and his second wife, Nicolette, were given some cattle born by mistake at a big ranch, which became the foundation for Niman Ranch, a $100-million-and-growing annual business. Nicolette explains she is a vegetarian, and her first date with Bill revealed something which surprised her.

2. I Am A Vegetarian Rancher – After moving to the ranch in Bolinas, Nicolette explains she wanted to truly know how to run the place, and to be involved. Nicolette explains that raising animals for meat is an honorable profession, and can be very kind profession so long...