diff --git a/src/js/food.js b/src/js/food.js
index 8a4425e1a2e33a93d4504e651ff96a4158eceaeb..fc671d60d459f2818301c9cfca68d4e6e66a46b8 100644
--- a/src/js/food.js
+++ b/src/js/food.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ App.Facilities.Farmyard.foodAmount = function(slave) {
 	if (V.farmyardUpgrade.machinery === 1) {
 		food += 65;													// machinery upgrade for farmyard
 	}		
-	if (!slave) {
+	if (V.Farmer !== 0) {
 		return null;
 	} else {
 		if (V.Farmer !== 0) {										// if a farmer is assigned