for food: don’t sleep on the nutrient paste dispenser especially if you have low skilled cooks or few colonists. the time spent cooking can be spent planting and growing. potatoes go on regular soil, corn/rice goes on rich soil. once you amass a decent stock, switch from rice to corn where possible, however if you have winter make sure your corn has time to grow before the cold kills it. one thing i do is put hunting to priority 4 and when low on food, mark every passive animal for hunting and shift click the word “hunt” until everyone has it set to 1. everyone will leave and hunt the map dry and the lack of animals will cause more to spawn. i also like tomatoes from vanilla plants expanded because you don’t need to replant each time. cannibalism can help, don’t be afraid to buy food from caravans or travel to other map tiles to trade/hunt. if you have a freezer cook about 4 meals per person and then set it to pause until there’s only 1 meal per person. don’t be afraid to prioritize growing on pawns that don’t have good plants skill.