16 NORTH BAY WOMAN S P R I N G | S U M M E R 2 0 2 0
By Leslie Harlib
I
f you didn't know Miyoko
Schinner was an individual,
you'd think she was an entire
business team of wildly success-
ful entrepreneurs — or a vegan
Superwoman.
Now 62, Schinner is the founder of
the vegan food manufacturer Miyoko's,
based in Petaluma since early 2018. In
six short years the company has
zoomed to 140 employees and be-
come one of the world's top producers
of high-quality non-dairy cheeses and
butters since it debuted behind a
Fairfax bicycle museum as Miyoko's
Creamery in 2014. The excellence of
her products earned so much favorable
attention she has attracted celebrity
supporters and investors such as Ellen
DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.
The Marin resident has also written
several best-selling vegan-oriented
books and cookbooks (she's working on
her sixth). Schinner lives on a 17-acre
spread in Nicasio where she has turned
Above: Miyoko Schinner at Rancho Compassion, a sanctuary she created for farm animals in Nicasio. Right: Game changing new cultured Vegan
Farmhouse Cheddar. – Photos courtesy of Miyoko Schinner
