Farmers

Farmers will produce crops and take care of livestock, making sure everyone in their settlement can eat healthy food. To be able to do so, they need healthy farmlands. Unfortunately, settlements, no matter whether Hamlets, Terps, or Strongholds, tend not to have a lot of space available inside their walls. This is done to keep their perimeter small and controllable.
As such, many dedicated Farmlands lie outside the walls, in separate fortified areas. Watchtowers and Scouts are employed to keep an eye out for enemy Raiders, while Soldiers will escort the Farmers to and from their job. In part this is to keep the Farmers safe. In part it is to make sure none of them decide to abandon the settlement. More paranoid leaders will officially instruct Soldiers to kill any runaways without a single warning.
The biggest challenge to Farmers, however, isn't Raiders or Soldiers. Nor is it keeping the farmlands healthy. It's the Storms. A single storm or tornado can easily undo months of crop raising. As such, most crops grow underground, such as potatoes. Other measures involve closable sturdy buildings, or digging ditches for the crops, with bushes on the mounds.

Type
Agriculture / Forestry
Associated Profession
Soldiers
Related Locations
Strongholds, Terps, Hamlets