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Animals don't give food from a neighbors farm, only yours and only when you sell them.
Hire 2 friends a day for hiring. Choose the 2 with the highest reputation (number inside the heart), the higher that number, the more work they can do.
As someone else said before, you can send an unlimited number of gifts each day. You can only send one to each friend, but you can send 1 to every friend
Make sure to post a request for materials on your wall from one of your buildings under construction. Your friends can send you a gift plus the material that you have requested.
If you need wood to complete a building, go to your friends farms and chop there. Not only will you not use your energy, but you won't have a bear to deal with either.
If you are chopping trees or digging weeds/rocks or harvesting animals and a predator (snake, bear, fox) comes out, leave it there. You can chop to your heart's content and won't have another appear until the first one is gone. As long as the job you are trying to do is not in the red, it doesn't cost you any extra energy