Canon ----- The [Ultimate Star Wars][1] factbook confirms that Coruscant imports its food (along with all of its other consumables) from off-planet. > ***Global megalopolis:** > Exhausted of all natural resources, Coruscant is > entirely dependent on outside support to survive* Legends ------- There are various *mentions* of hydroponic farming although with a population of trillions, you wouldn't get very far unless vast areas of the planet were given over to it. > *Orbital traffic encloses the planet like electrons around a nucleus, > delivering food and supplies, ambassadors and tourists.* > > *Palaeontologists believe most of Coruscant was already paved over by > the time interstellar flight became common. Such rampant > overpopulation forced the inhabitants to develop the first atmosphere > scrubbers, hydroponic farms, delivery pipelines, and recycling plants.* > > <sub><sup>[Coruscant and the Core Worlds D20 Gamebook][2]</sub></sup> [1]: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_Star_Wars [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20160506195233/http://www.offplanetgames.com/pub/sw/D20%20-%20Star%20Wars%20-%20Coruscant%20And%20The%20Core%20Worlds.pdf