I was lucky and got 400 food from an event and then more from another event 10 minutes after!
Something I don't like about VV3 is that you can't choose who the chief will be! I ended up making my only scientist the chief and then tried to get him to work!
Also does anyone think a VV4 might come out in a few months
(It's probably a bit too early to think about this though! I haven't even played the full version of VV3!)