Okay. I don't actually love farming, but it's all I've been doing lately. And Dill insists that it's worth writing about in the diary, so what the hell.
Sooo, farming. It's how we get all our food! We actually harvest a lot more produce than we end up eating, so there's always some of it going to the market to get traded with the other regions. That way, we can fund some infrastructure upgrades, and keep our base in top condition, even in the face of robots or poor weather.
Speaking of weather, that's a big thing with farming. Produce is seasonal, so we have to keep rotating it throughout the year to keep the food supply up. Until recently, having enough food to last through winter was a big issue (no crops grow in winter, turns out), but we just got some new tech that lets us climate control some of our crops, so hopefully that's a thing of the past!
Oh yeah, some produce also sells for more money. The whole food to money ratio is a pretty delicate balance, and it gets adjusted every so often. I'm glad not to be in charge of that! Between that and the whole weather ordeal, we actually end up rotating through crops a lot. Back in Town, some folks just had bell peppers on year-round, but can you imagine eating nothing but peppers? Blegh.
Not only that, but it put a dent in the rest of the supply. Farms work better the more farms of the same type are in a row, since you can take care of them easier. Breaking the line, for bell peppers of all things, just doesn't make sense to me!
Anyways, I reckon that's probably enough farming chat. It's a bit mundane in the grand scheme of things, but having to consider everything that goes into it kind of makes me appreciate it more, weirdly enough.