(New Player Question) How am I supposed to farm if i start with nothing to plant?

[1-800-EndMePls]

Questions in the Title, idk how im supposed to even get a run going if i cant farm for food

[robtock216]

you start with grain which you can plant, or survive by hunting and fishing for a bit and forage fruit and vegetables from the land around you then use them to plant farms, you will need to turn off consumption of fruit and veg for a while so your guys don't eat them before you can plant them.

alternatively you can import fruit, veg or grain as needed once you unlock trading, or you can attempt to manually trade with another faction for it on the world map, perhaps offer them wood or stone in exchange for fruit and veg as you likely have plenty around you

[1-800-EndMePls]

Dont I have to have a bakery for the grain to be useful? Ive watched my people starve when theres the 40 starting grain sitting there

[Friends with Benedicts]

You always have all food options scattered through the map for being harvested. Apples, grains, veggies, shrooms are always available in varying quantities and dispositions. You just need to execute the harvest order. I'm pretty sure this is covered by the tutorial.

You also start with a modest amount of livestock which is used on husbandries in general. Some species benefit greatly from their specific husbandry like amevians with golbdiens and garthimi with balticrawlers

[-=IGOR=- Nikolai Jakov]

Forage first. Gather a lot of wood/ stones. Sell some wood/ stones, buy some food. You can manually buy and sell items from others trough diplomacy option and I believe you can do it from the very beginning, you don't need import/ export depots for it. Check "Fiend" on youtube, he has good tutorial videos for this game.

[MiddayEnglishman]

Also pro tip, you can import/export things so I always use my starting cash to buy 500 bread, about 45 days for your current plebs. Tree's always seem good exporting. I always go straight to money making and buy food to begin with but that's bad play if you forget to buy more as deliveries take up to a year sometimes.