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It looks like unhappiness itself reduces food production (and other production). In the Berlin city screen shot, the empire's Happiness is at -4 (+4 sad face), and the Food, Production and Gold income are fractional (1.5, 19.2, and 21.25 respectively), suggesting that they're being hit by a penalty. Which is what you'd expect if unhappiness is meant to be a limiter on growth.
I detailed in the article exactly what the effects of unhappiness are:
"An unhappy populations growth rate is significantly slowed, but there are no other ill effects."
The fractional production and gold in the shot you speak of are most likely caused by other things.