I, too, am having the same issue here. Im at level 2 farming, I have algae, I have a scarecrow, and I was due for my next batch of crops and went out of the game. i expected that when I came back, I would have a field full and villagers harvesting but to my surprise, the crops were gone, it tells me I have 90 minutes till my next batch and there is no food in the bin. What the heck is going on? I have 22 hungry villagers to feed! Also, is it me or does this game seem to take longer to get tech points than VV1? I feel like it is going to take me days to get to tech farming level 3. Is there anyway to get tech points faster? Then at least I could clear up that algae and fish instead!