Food/Plants:
http://www.modthesims.info/d/580462/canning-station-overhaul-update-aug-2-2016.html
http://modthesims.info/d/516243
http://modthesims.info/d/556649/harvestable-banana-plant-updated-17-nov-2015.html
http://modthesims.info/d/594851/baker-s-basket-plants-ingredients-and-recipes.html
Weather/Holidays:
https://www.nraas.net/community/Tempest-Interactions
Relativity/Game Speed:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/886414/help-with-relativity-mod-setting
More Challenging & Challenges:
https://www.nraas.net/community/Vector
http://modthesims.info/f/564/
Realistic:
http://modthesims.info/d/437344/moar-interactions.html
http://www.simlogical.com/ContentUploadsRemote/uploads/1171/
Careers:
https://www.nraas.net/community/MORE-CAREERS
There's a plethora of mods here:
http://simsasylum.com/tfm/index.php
And here:
http://www.simlogical.com/ContentUploadsRemote/UploadsIndex.htm
You can do a lot with Story Progression and it's modules:
https://www.nraas.net/community/StoryProgression
https://www.nraas.net/community/StoryProgression-FAQ
Going to include this if you need help with mod settings. I use the information as a guideline as I didn't know much about mods to begin with and it was a real help to me. She also has info to make your game more challenging/realistic (thankyou sarah!):
https://simsarahsarah.tumblr.com/nraassettings
https://simsarahsarah.tumblr.com/howiplay