# @umasslowell on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C71956fpVbP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18617562-umasslowell-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/72de0d3a73.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-06-05T17:58:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UMass Lowell (@UMassLowell) — https://gondola.cc/UMassLowell

## Caption

“We’re transforming it into something useful and beautiful for our community,” says Smith of the site, located at 46 Wilder St.
 
What was once a vacant, roughly 14,700-square-foot lot bordered by homes on South Campus is now blossoming into a vibrant food forest, thanks to the vision of mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Alana Smith ’22.
 
The idea for a food forest, which is composed of edible plants designed to mimic a natural forest system, came to Smith as she witnessed supply chain issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then an undergraduate student at UMass Lowell, Smith looked into sustainable food systems and discovered food forests, which provide high food yields on less land.
 
🔗 To learn more about the food forest on UMass Lowell’s South Campus check out the link in our bio.

#sustainability #foodforest #food #umasslowell #uml #umass #lowell

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lowell, foodforest, umass, food, uml, umasslowell, sustainability

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