I actually had a harder time feeding my villagers in 1.1, but it occurred later in the game than before. I'd cleared the beach, restored the magic garden, and had a second generation just starting to grow up when the crops went away. It took them forever to come back, and all the food was gone! From then on until I got harvesting 3, the crops came and went at erratic intervals, and some of my villagers actually died of starvation. I also had to keep an eye on the ages of the villagers, not wanting to overpopulate the village beyond its food capacity, but not wanting them to die out completely. It had been so easy in the beginning game that the difficulty now completely caught me off guard.