MPS PowerSuit and the Auto-Feeder module installed into it. Food problems are over forever, except you do still need to carry a stack of something to eat (but not down in the hotbar, just somewhere in your inventory). Only drawback is that it won't work with Ambrosia for food (and I always make a huge bee farm so I always have Ambrosia).
Yeah, my 5x5 chunk Steve's Carts tree farm gives me thousands of apples every day so that's what I've been using. The "Berry Medley" early-game food stage was a blessing in Monster, I didn't have to spend time making a little food farm like I normally do!