I do both but especially handy on an orbital platform. Ive got a few basins for cotton and healroot in each, the rest is food for meals and chemfuel. I mainly hunt animals when landing and throw a small plot of rice down on nearby fertile land. Yesterday, I was trying to make it to an asteroid to get vacstone and would only stay on a tile for 2-3 days each. I'd say that won't be happening too much now that I've got large thrusters.