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I usually go for Level 3 in Harvesting before I research the other techs, because that allows me to dramatically increase the village population. The farm will support only a limited population, and I usually find that the delay in researching Science and Medicine is more than made up for by the increased number of peeps that I can assign to research with a larger population.

Did'o what ladycfii said! Maxing Harvesting to level 3 is the only safe way to play, IMHO.
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