Food problem.

[LeftPaw]

How do you get over the food problem? My berry pickers can only just produce enough to feed themselves.
I just watched half of my colony die in their sleep. At first I thought it was a zombie but there was no zombie there, so I assume they died through starvation.

[NintendoSwitchBrit]

the berry pickers need to make berry meals then you get wheat farmers the grinders to grind the wheat into flouer then you need bucket boys to bucket up water to make into bread with the flouer and you can also get fishermen to catch fish and cook them

[Mopspepino]

Originally posted by NintendoSwitchBrit:

the berry pickers need to make berry meals then you get wheat farmers the grinders to grind the wheat into flouer then you need bucket boys to bucket up water to make into bread with the flouer and you can also get fishermen to catch fish and cook them

But that didn't answer the question!
It is said that a berry farmer can feed 3 more colonists.
How can it be that, when I have 3 berry farmers and a food shop, i.e. a total of 4 colonists, my berrymeal is not enough to feed the colonists, when 3 berry farmers supposedly feed up to 9 colonists.

[Boneidle001]

Make sure you right click the berry pickers and up the amount of meals they make, you want to try and balance it in such a way that you have enough meals to feed your guys on a daily basis while also making sure you produce enough berries to make the meals.
The only other thing I would suggest is that you don't to fast, at the start of a new colony each recruit takes up so much food so if you go recruiting to fast you will cause your self problems. Make sure you have plenty of food before you go crazy recruiting.

[LeftPaw]

Yep I think I got it. I had another scare about 10 hours in were my people began to starve again but I managed to get the food back up. I thought the new food like fish and chicken would take care of things until I realised you have to take it further and make meals out of it.

[TheFatherKaz]

Berry farmers produce enough food to feed themselves and 3 other colonists. Use berry farmers, wheat farmers, grinders, and bakers to produce more food at higher rates

[Birthdayboyblam]

perpetual stew... do i need to say anything else? for some basic stuff you get 4 meals. pretty good, however early game food options? 5x5 berry fields, that's how you never starve yourself outright

[Son Of Mowgef]

The best way I know of for berry farming is to have a 5x5 plot. You can then place blocks down in all but two of the places a bush would normally go. Then when the farmer comes along he'll place down just two berry bushes (with a one square gap between them). Then you pop a crate down next to where the farmer stands. This way the berry farmer doesn't spend any time walking between all the bushes. He'll permanently stand in one space and alternate picking from the two bushes he's stood between. He also wont waste time walking to a crate because it's also right next to him.
This method doesn't make a huge difference on the scale of one berry farm, but when you have several farms, the difference is significant.