food shortage solution

[coojerry]

1) 2 farm growing only vegetable
2) build 2 foraging camp/hut/lodge to gather mushroom/berries (find good location is a must)
3) build 2 hunting hut/lodge
4) build 2 apiary (3 sages exchange 2 honey)

you should be able to feed 20 villagers

if you are having sudden shortage of food. buy 5 of any cooked food from merchant.
gather a group of 5 companion and go for gathering tour. pick up any mushroom/berries on the way.
another cheating way is to send them to wheat field and gather all the wheat to use them to trade for other food/goods with liberated town. I can gather 500+ wheats with single trip. (my 2nd settlement is right next to wheat field, took my team 2-3 minute to run there.

***when village is in a squad. they will run, and their productivity is at 100% ***
village also increase productivity or speedup when there are enemies nearby.
if they are in normal working mode they only walk to any of their duty site.

most village went to bed around 10pm. you can create a squad to make them work overnight for cutting wood/log/hardwood,
picking mushroom/berries/reeds/flat/sage/garlic/hemp/wheat/moss/stone,
mining ore/mud/peat
or even go on bandit hunt to get more renown
and send them home by 5:30am so they can start working on daily routine again at 6am in the morning. ^_^