That is an awfully lot of time to wait for food.I thought that 300 minutes was alot.I put as many of villagers at the Tech table to build up my points,because you can buy more farming for fishing (which fish don't run out).My little villagers got weaker and weaker until most of them died.I messed around with the real time and it helped as far as getting more tech points and solving puzzles faster.But my villagers were dying on account of that.Just keep the children busy picking mushrooms and if you only have a few villagers this should help.But make sure you have the doctor available,because they will get weaker and slower and they will need healing.
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