Blue Apron just partnered with the godfather of sustainable meat -- and the move will transform its meal kits

Roman Cho/BN Ranch In 1969, Bill Niman bought his first ranch, an11-acre plotwith pigs and chickensthat roamed freely,for $18,000. Over the next four decades, that ranch grew to several hundred acres, and he built up his own sustainable meat supply company, Niman Ranch. At the time,there weren't many farms who let their animals graze in open fields and spend time in low-density feedlots. Niman, who is essentially the godfather of sustainable meat, pioneered humanely raised livestockin the US. In...