You can't gain provisions right now. The only time you can gain provisions is when regions provide a surplus. In winter there is no harvest. You can buy food, but you can't buy provisions.
There most certainly is harvest in winter. It's just smaller.
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Timothy Collett
"The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire...is your heart." "You are what you do. Choose again, and change." "One of these days, someone's gonna plug you, and you're going to die saying, 'What did I say? What did I say?'" ~ Miles Naismith Vorkosigan