The Chase family has bred dairy cattle for three generations at Chaseholm Farm, located on a sprawling 330-acre tract of fertile land northeast of Pine Plains, New York. Following in the footsteps of her father and late grandfather, Sarah Lyons Chase ’10 took over the business in 2013 and became a farmer at age 24. In the last decade, she’s turned the farm into a 100% grass-fed, USDA-certified organic dairy with a focus on sustainability. At Oberlin, the double major in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and religion was inspired by the geology classes she took with professor emeritus Steve Wojtal, as well as her first-year seminar, Religion and the Environment, taught by then-chair of the religion department (and current College of Arts and Sciences dean) David Kamitsuka. Exploring these topics brought up some big questions, namely where a queer young woman like herself fit into the big picture. “The opportunity I had to dive into identity at Oberlin was as powerful as my cou...