Lucy Stevens and Winston McGregor loaded a van with fresh produce. McGregor is the farm's head of donations. Photo Credit Lane Turner/Globe Staff
AMHERST — Greater Boston is considered the vanguard of biotech, but what if Western Mass. could forge a similar frontier for food? That’s what the University of Massachusetts Amherst is banking on with its just-launched, $120 million Future of Food initiative.
The name might conjure up images of push-button meals and food pills à la “The Jetsons.” But with a global population that’s projected to hit nearly 10 billion by 2050, the future of food is all about access — and with climate change threatening natural resources including soil and water, access depends on sustainability.
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