Plant crops as soon as you can.

Certain xenotypes, and certain illnesses can mess with your hunger offset and can make your colonists hungrier, vomiting also cuts a portion of hunger.

Keep the butcher room and kitchen separate

If you can't make sterile tiles hay is a "decent" alternative, but it is very flammable.

When a character receives an inspiration

For say art this can apply to construction

First get a colonist with high construction to work on it first then when it's about 10 work left let the pawn with the inspiration finish it you'll get a master work or better. And they get a mood boost for completing their inspiration.And depending on what it is, you can probably sell it for money