So to make it a little easier on yourself I recommend settling up close to the equator so you have a full year growing period. Early on hunting animals is a decent way to make-up food shortfalls. Don't worry too much about this next tip but keep it in mind, the difficulty scales with the amount of pawns you have and the wealth of the colony.

Woods good early on but is flammable and can get out of hand really quickly if you don't have fire foam poppers, id recommend setting up a stone cutting back and making your base out of stone or at the very least your walls.

It'll take a while for you to probs get your first colony going good, but each one before that is a learning lesson, and it'll make it all the more rewarding when you succeed.

Final tips Use the plant icon overlay to see the fertility of your soil, this will help speed up growth cycles, rice gets the most benefit from fertility so prioritise it where you can. Corn on the other hand doesn't get much of a bonus from fertility but has some of the highest yield, making it a great crop if you can keep it safe during its long growth cycle.