My villagers survived despite spending half an hour with no food. Unfortunately they keep running out of food shortly before the crops come in. It's happened three times now. I guess they'll be okay, but they still need 30,000 tech points, so it's going to continue to be a struggle.

They got 30 coconuts at the same time as the crops came in. Does that mean the coconuts are on the same cycle as crops, or was it a coincidence?