From Courtney Marchelletta,
Your Guide to Computer Sim Games.
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The only food source villagers have when you first starting playing "Virtual Villagers" is the berry bush. The supply of berries will be depleted quickly, so you better be actively working towards another food source.

"Virtual Villagers" - Where to Find Food

• Berry Bush
• Garden - Research Farming Tech, Level 2
• Fish - Research Farming Tech, Level 3

As soon as you start playing, you need to set a 1 or 2 villagers to be researchers. You can set their main skill to research by selecting a villager, clicking on detail, and putting a check by the skill you want the villager to focus on (in this case research).