A list of some basic information about some game mechanics that gets asked and answered frequently on the game discord.

Food

Your villagers can ONLY eat from the village food storage.

They do not eat raw meat and they go through the food list Alphabetically (as of ver 0115).

As of patch 0.1.1.5 food spoils in time (read the patch notes for specifics), so food dropped on the ground will disappear after a while (unlike other resources that you pick and drop that stay where you leave them on the ground).

Wood / Warmth

Villagers need to warm their houses, especially in winter.

They will use Firewood/Sticks/logs from your MAIN storage (in that order).

Firewood burns better than sticks/logs, so crafting logs into firewood manually when needed is recommended.

Crafting logs into firewood manually is best done on top/at arms reach of storage chest because firewood is extremely heavy.

You can build the walls of ANY house from stone rather than sticks. Stone walls decrease firewood consumption.

Keep in mind that as your village population grows, so does their firewood needs. Your lumberjack may not be enough to provide the needed wood. Either put workers on the task or higher skilled ones (Extraction Skill).