Food

Food is grown on Farms and Hydroponic Farms, which are placed inside Domes, and also Fungal Farms which are placed outside of Domes.

Farms and Hydroponic Farms can grow different crops with different cycle patterns. Furthermore some crops, like Algae, also generate oxygen for the Dome they are grown in.

Background[]

Making the Martian soil fit for farming, even within the protection of Domes, takes heavy alterations. First, toxin removers are applied to rid the Martian regolith of toxic substances like perchlorates. Then, the use of chemical decompressors to break down common Martian compounds and make nutrients out of them is employed. And finally, specifically designed bacteria to further modify all nutrients made into a more plant-use friendly form, is introduced.

Growing food on Mars greatly decreases costs and dependency on Earth.

Notes[]

Food production at farms depends on the crop chosen. Each has its own properties, as follows:

Type	Yield	Growth	Bonus	Requirements
(Giant) Leaf Crops	Good	Slow
Microgreens	Low	Slow	Requires less Water
(Giant) Wheat Grass	Low	Very fast
(Giant) Potatoes	Good	Slow	Depletes the soil, causing reduced yield of the next crop
Soybeans	Low	Slow	Improves the soil, increasing the yield of the next crop
(Giant) Wheat	Low	Fast	Requires less Water
Algae	Very low		Produces Oxygen
Cover Crops	Very low		Improves the soil significant, increasing the yield of the next crop
(Giant) Rice	Great yield	Slow	Requires more Water
Vegetables	Good	Slow	Requires less Water
Kelp	Average	Very fast	Produces Oxygen
(Giant) Corn	Great yield	Slow	Depletes the soil, causing reduced yield of the next crop
Fruit Trees	Good	Very slow	Improves the soil, increasing the yield of the next crop
Quinoa	Average	Fast	Requires less Water
Ganymede Rice	High	Very fast		Rice engineered on Ganymede. Only available in Beyond Earth once Ganymede is colonized
Curetatos	Good	Slow	Extract the cure for the Wildfire Infection from these potatoes.	Only available in Wildfire once the cure is researched.