As a method of taming the overall food situation, King Zar has hired extra Farmers a few weeks earlier to Cultivate 40 Hectares of land. They will start as soon as a bit of the Snow melts and although they might be planting Wheat Grains a month after the usual time in Ignis.
But since there is a lot of sun here throughout the summer it won't be a big problem, the crops will grow and Snow doesn't hit before December anyway.
Forming these Farm fields will also prove useful when the population meets yet another possible rise in the future, the King has already brought two waves of Zamerians in his Domain and plans to bring more in the future are in process, although not put in to word yet.
Simple reason behind a population rise is that more people equals to more income. However profit might be damaged if too much Gold was spend on food, especially if spent on meat. That would not prove as an aid to the overall Budget development.