Granary any use building?

[foreverlost]

Granary any use building if there is no wheat or bananas? Second I have focused on farming, manually, what can I do to speed up food. (Not enough food for citizens to focus on mining.) The avoid growth option seems to do nothing.

 

[fiddlesticks]

The granary gives +2 food and will also increase the food yield on deer tiles. Importantly, it also allows you to send food trade routes from that city to another city.

 

[Klaus Hergersheimer]

If your happiness can afford it, there is no downside to more population. So in that regard, always build granaries, aqueducts, and watermills.
I'd hold back on stables, though; the price is not worth if your city has just 1-2 pastures.

Also consider sending food via trade routes. You lose out on gold, but it does wonders for slow/weak cities especially if you have a lousy start. As mentioned, the home city will need a granary at least.