
My deepest sympathies to you both for such rotten events....but you need to crack the whip with your children !! Please don't label me a child abuser

but everytime it rains and you spot a mushroom, pause your game and quickly drop as many kids as you can on top of it !! Use your spacebar to pause/unpause. Do the same with collectibles.
Surely you both realize by now that all adults must be sent to hard labor at the scientists' bench except for three builders. As soon as they become adepts, FIX THAT LIFT. The sooner you get the orchard up and producing fruit, the sooner you can stop doling out famine rations to all your villagers. You will need to sharply curtail honey gathering until your trees fruit.
Yes, your villagers will cry and complain of hunger but you must make them tighten their belts and suffer through it. They will be a bit more productive if you keep 200 food units in the bin. Allow your Tribal Chief to conjure up some magic food daily !! Joining the Nature Faction will also help.
You must also do your best to practice rigid birth control so as not to lose any workable females. Tell your prospective parents it would be wiser to wait until you achieve unlimited fishing. Of course you may allow one stork calling should all your children attain maturity before that milestone.
Hopefully, your luck will change and your villagers be blessed with more fortunate events.

The best of luck to you both.