Food (CivBE)

Food is one of the main tile yields in Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth.
== Sources ==
 Food is mainly acquired by having your cities work the around them. More Food can be obtained from , , and . Clearing an Alien Nest or combining artifacts may also yield a one-time Food boost.
== Uses ==
 Food is gathered for one important purpose, that of growing the of your cities. Each Citizen consumes 2 Food. Note that all percentage modifiers to Food are applied after consumption is taken into account; as such, they will affect growth rate but not maximum .
Some effects cause Food to be carried over after city growth:
* 30% with the building (15% in Rising Tide)
* 10% with the virtue
* 10% with the appropriate building quest option
* 10% with the appropriate building quest option
* 10% with the Biospheres technology
* 15% on completion of the Spores and Harvest quest
=== City growth ===
A city grows by storing enough Food required to increase the by 1.
The specific amount of Food required to increase the by 1 is calculated as follows:
:Food required = p² + 6p + 8
where p is the current of the city.
City size	Food required for growth
1 	15
2 	24
3 	35
4 	48
5 	63
6 	80
7 	99
8 	120
9 	143
10 	168
11 	195
12 	224
13 	255
14 	288
15 	323
16 	360
== See also ==
* Food in other games
Category:Yields (CivBE)