diff --git a/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js b/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
index d94e70d5972f13eb36d93f8969fee42d7d9f2d9b..443b3b1bb927c8fa48e09c582b2e1167f96b1dbe 100644
--- a/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
+++ b/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
@@ -1250,6 +1250,7 @@ App.Data.resetOnNGPlus = {
 	cheatModeM: 1,
 	experimental: {
 		nursery: 0,
+		food: 0,
 		animalOvaries: 0,
 		dinnerParty: 0,
 		reportMissingClothing: 0,
diff --git a/src/events/nonRandom/foodCrisis/pFoodCrisisLowerClass.js b/src/events/nonRandom/foodCrisis/pFoodCrisisLowerClass.js
index c5d360f876dcf818761d56753ed3e0345ba65ba1..bc288790a63c42dec11d458147688dbbf49d0a6b 100644
--- a/src/events/nonRandom/foodCrisis/pFoodCrisisLowerClass.js
+++ b/src/events/nonRandom/foodCrisis/pFoodCrisisLowerClass.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ App.Events.pFoodCrisisLowerClass = class pFoodCrisisLowerClass extends App.Event
 	eventPrerequisites() {
 		return [
 			() => App.Events.effectiveWeek() >= 48,
+			() => !!V.experimental.food,
 			() => !V.eventResults.foodCrisis,
 		];
 	}