just as a quick response:
7> They have already said that they plan to expand on food, and that there will at least be a benefit for eating a more varied diet, and not always resorting to the same food all the time.
9> Adding a sort function has been asked for numerous times, so that is definitely a popular feedback. No word as yet as to whether they will take it into consideration.
Also, on tooltips, as the current game condition shows, updating tooltips has not always been prioritized, and as tooltips are more QoL, they tend to be some of the last things put into a game in their final form as it is. Also, they need to confirm what they want to include in tool tips overall. Shoot, in game, the tooltip for Pointsettia, Pinwiper, and Mustard Seed plants are all mixed up. (Penwiper tooltips as Pointsettia, Pointsettia tooltips Mustard Seed, and Mustard Seed tooltips as Penwiper)