All I want, really, is the means to predict how much food will be required to make it through to summer. Because that's how much food we need to try to plunder or buy. (mostly the latter, obviously, Falkirk won't be around for much longer)
OK: when I make the page that lets the Banker control food for regions that have allowed it, I will make sure to include (for Lords, Dukes, and Bankers) a display for continents with seasons of how much food will be needed for a given region, under current and predictable conditions, to survive until summer.
That, and that the continent actually produce a surplus of food that is maintainable on the long term...
Well, as you may have noticed, I've already mentioned my support for increasing both the overall surplus on Dwilight and the production variability between different sections of the continent....