Food is a one of the three basic economic inputs found in Civ4. It is produced by tiles when they are worked by population in a city. See the article on production for more info.

Terrain Edit

Food is produced inherently by all types of terrain with these exceptions:

• ice
• desert

Tile improvements Edit

Additional food may be generated by these tile improvements:

• farms
• windmills
• watermills

Resources Edit

All food resources () generate food. These resources add +1 to their tile even before they are improved and some more when they are improved. The luxury resources sugar () and whales () generate food without any improvements too. In addition, spices () and wine () generate food when improved.