I'm getting irritated with them. There have been several occasions where there's no food, or very little, and 100+ minutes until the new crops grow, and the idiots just keep watering the crops over and over. I have to force them to fish so they don't all starve to death!

We are working on those issues, as has been discussed several times in the forum. There will be an update released when we are ready.

Maybe they're inbred?

My isn't farmers but the builders. I have had two master builders (one ate the black stew and is at rest) the other became an elder and the last one was a 12 year old who drank the orange liqurad and becaome a master builder. After a week i still have "adept bulders"

How did the food problems get past the Beta Testers? I'm having to pause the game whenever I'm gone for over an hour (often) so it's taking me a very long time. I hope the patch comes soon. Kinda sucks b/c I just purchased the game and would love to let it go overnight so I can rack up some tech points.

and why do they run miles for 30 coconuts, that suddenly appeared, from the depleted tree , when there is 700 food quota needed to be harvested???