Originally posted by akaLuckyEye:

Again it’s not about how hard it is. It’s about efficiency. Clearly they added farming & livestock for that reason, it’s more efficient than running around finding boars to kill.
Or running around finding carrots & onions.

It may be different programming that is required. Nothing that replenishes by itself (berries, mushrooms, thistles, etc) can be farmed. All things that can be farmed drop seeds that time must be taken to plant, harvested after they grow, and then replanted to make more seeds.

Berries don't grow in the same biome IRL you have to have the right soil conditions, seasons, and water (cranberries, blue berries, and raspberries as examples). Lots of different IRL mushrooms can't be farmed.

When there are times that I don't feel like doing anything challenging I'll just run around and gather. At least you can use portals unlike mining ores where you have to take time, mod, or cheese the game to move the ores and metals.