My plan for farming is more food options with buffs and a big increase to cooking so you could make food that gives you a speed boost or protects you from the cold gives you a +1 to a skill for a duration stuff like that. Also for later in the game transportation via certain plants like an ent to allow you to get about easier when the map is much bigger. Nothing is set in stone yet the game is very much a sand box so you could ignore farming if it's not for you.