Penelope Trunk

JULY 13, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog The farmer reviews three business books Posted to: Parenting | Productivity | Self-management July 13th, 2010 Del.icio.us When I first started forwarding my mail to the farmer’s address, he had to buy a larger mailbox. Don’t they read your blog?

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McKinsey

MAY 11, 2020

Stakeholders, from farmers to governments, must take account of them in their planning. Four trends could profoundly influence the direction of the agriculture industry.

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McKinsey

JANUARY 22, 2021

Higher income for farmers, increased output, and improved food security are among the benefits of utilizing digital tools in an agricultural setting.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

I’ve lectured on writing at places like Boston University, Brown University, and the University of Paris. My first book was a memoir that Publisher’s Weekly said was “quick, punchy prose that keeps the reader riveted.” The print version of my book is $500 on Amazon , but you can buy the electronic version here.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The cost argument only works because the meatpacking industry controls farmers , and only the few financially independent hog farmers could study the cost of switching from gestation crates. During Hurricane Ira millions of gallons of pig feces whooshed across North Carolina. Pig poop gets my attention.

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McKinsey

JULY 17, 2020

McKinsey recently interviewed more than 750 Brazilian farmers in 11 states about their views on the use of digital technologies in agriculture and to better understand the farmer decision journey.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 12, 2020

McKinsey recently interviewed more than 750 Brazilian farmers in 11 states about their views on the use of digital technologies in agriculture and to better understand the farmer decision journey.

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McKinsey

MAY 23, 2019

Four leaders in Indian agriculture discuss the sector’s challenges and digital innovation’s potential impact on smallholder farmers.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 19, 2016

Advanced analytics opens vast untapped potential for farmers, investors, and emerging economies to reduce the cost of goods sold.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 9, 2016

At age ten the Farmer was doing chores before and after school and most of the weekend. Being a full-time farmer means kids don’t have the chance to figure out what they really want. The final blow for kids collecting the pears was when the kids asked the Farmer if he did this job when he was a boy, and he said no.

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On The Job

JUNE 29, 2020

But think of the ripple effect these jobs losses have had -- farmers who can't sell their produce or milk because restaurants have cut back so drastically. Clearly, there are hard-hit industries right now such as those in hospitality that are showing huge job cuts. That's what you need to consider when you think about the safety of your job.

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McKinsey

MARCH 8, 2021

Higher income for farmers, increased output, and improved food security are among the benefits of utilizing digital tools in an agricultural setting.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 26, 2012

But the Farmer says this is an outdated way to look at meat. In fact, I’d have to say that by now, my son’s childhood is more like the Farmer’s than mine. So the Farmer and I agree to disagree, and when my son swings an ax over his head, I turn the other way. The Farmer tells us not to get muck on our shoes.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

“Does the research ever interview a farmer married to an entrepreneur? My husband comes in the room. While I’m working. I say, “I’m doing a webinar about happiness.” ” [At first I was not going to put a link to the webinar here, because people do not talk in links, and I’m writing dialogue.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

And while I’m at it, all the people who told me to stay away from the farmer when we were dating — you were probably right too. And Melissa points out that the farmer is fun , and the farm is a totally great place to raise two little boys. The farmer is not going to move here. I guess you were right also.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 21, 2014

Summer is busy because all the fields are ready at different times—farmers cut hay many times in a season, farmers rotate the animals to graze different fields, and there are baby animals that have to grow and become independent by winter. The farmers watch for the signs to plant corn—the date isn’t how they decide.

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McKinsey

JULY 13, 2018

Focusing on a number of investible themes could enhance farmers' incomes and transform their quality of life. Several megatrends may drive the next wave of growth in Indian agriculture.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 20, 2010

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook When the kids and I arrived at the farm the day of the wedding, I got out of the car and the farmer said, "You're wearing black?" He said to the farmer, "Since it's your wedding day, can we give the cats an egg to celebrate? My son saw a chance for an exception.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 19, 2011

When the pig litters came in January, the Farmer helped my son pick out pigs for his 4H project. While my son trained the pig, the Farmer trained my son. The Farmer understands this problem very well, because when the Farmer is having a difficult discussion with me, I cover my eyes. Well, for a farmer.

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 29, 2011

If you ask the Farmer, he would tell you that I was really really nice to him last week while he was in bed, immobile, strung out on six Percocet a day. Until the Farmer felt better: His back didn’t hurt so he wanted to work. Which slides into: Me: Don’t scream at me— The Farmer: No you’re screaming at me— No.

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 26, 2011

You are probably wondering if I think about Melissa having an affair with the Farmer. As a preventive measure I tell the farmer that if he cheats on me, I’ll stay with him. Melissa and the Farmer always assure me that they will never do that. I think about it all the time. I’ll never leave him. He says, “Well, I notice her body.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 7, 2017

When I moved to Pennsylvania with the kids last November the Farmer gave me a bill for $35K. The only way I can write this is to tell myself I won’t publish it. I don’t even know how to write it. I know it’s convoluted because the only person who could understand it on the first try is the criminal lawyer. No callbacks.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Which means I need to tell you that I wish I cared more that I’m not talking to the Farmer. Which means I need to tell you that I wish I cared more that I’m not talking to the Farmer. I wish I felt more fulfilled being in a marriage with the Farmer. I am sleeping in the downstairs bedroom. Or sometimes with the dog.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 22, 2013

One of the first things I wondered about the Farmer when I met him is why he was even reading my blog. The Farmer has a rule that I can listen but I have to wait until the end for questions, because people in the farm community are too nice to tell me when I’m asking too many. He told me, “I’m an entrepreneur.”

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 14, 2012

I told the Farmer I planted too many bulbs and people will think I have no talent for garden design. The Farmer said, “This is not a garden; this is a monument to maintaining sanity.” Each type has an Achilles’ heel. The ESFP can’t stand being alone. The INTP can’t get their head out of the clouds.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I am back with the farmer. The farmer does not want to be in this blog. But here’s the farmer’s dilemma: He is fascinated with the idea of living an honest life. So I am back with the farmer, but we have new rules about what I can write. Don’t give ultimatums. We were going to.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 7, 2011

But the Farmer and I were having a fight. And the Farmer looked at me and looked at the guy, and the Farmer said, “How many of you guys understand English?”. It is the night of the new nanny. She is maybe a nanny or maybe a Spanish teacher. It is unclear. She is a blog reader who told me she could help me. So I said yes.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The farmer bought it, but he doesn’t know very much about donkeys, except “Horses need to be ridden,” he said. Maybe she saw me as an intrusion on her relationship with the farmer. And the farmer started getting angry. I’d sneak onto her in the pasture when the farmer was doing farmer things in the crop fields.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 28, 2012

During this time, the Farmer used his Bobcat to help me dig up a half-acre of the farm, around our house, and turn it into garden. During this time, the Farmer used his Bobcat to help me dig up a half-acre of the farm, around our house, and turn it into garden. The Farmer had to call in a specialist for corn. “I Now I know why.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The farmer and I stopped yelling after two years. ComPsych is this place that puts out research about how employees feel, and it turns out that feelings are generational. At least at work. Which is what ComPsych specializes in. The biggest problem Gen Y has is depression. The biggest problem Gen X has is relationships. I can tell.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 10, 2011

But I have watched the farmer for a few years now, and I see that he substitutes three things for willpower which allows him to seem to have willpower beyond his actual willpower reserve. But the Farmer gets up every morning, at 6am, eats breakfast with us, and then feeds the pigs. Which is, of course, what I do. Here they are: 1.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook The farmer broke up with me five times the first five months we were together, last year. I only missed the farmer more. But my kids grew to love the farm, and the farmer, almost as quickly as I did. The farmer didn’t say anything for five minutes. But I didn’t.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The farmer is separating his farm from his parent's farm. This is probably where the drama should be: The Farmer is essentially starting a new business. But the Farmer keeps telling me that other farmers would think he's crazy. To me and the Farmer it's obvious that he's making a good move for himself.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I told the farmer I wanted a horse. Here are things I know about horses from the farmer’s response: 1. But anyway, horses are a luxury, according to the farmer, because they are a lot of work and they never make any money. Posted to: Fulfillment September 22nd, 2010 Del.icio.us

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 27, 2013

First, I drove my old car, a Toyota Highlander, with the Farmer, and my son, to the BMW dealer in Chicago where my friend Grace negotiated a trade-in. I only fly business class because too many things go wrong when I don’t. When I’m at the airport, I miss my planes. I’m going to tell you about how I get help. Of course.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

I miss the farmer so much. I think about when the Farmer’s parents will die. But when Melissa is my editor I feel like she’s not my friend and I had already lost my editor and the farmer and the farm. And while I’m looking for one I’m making missing monthly payments on a new cello. I asked why.

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The Coaching Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

Plantings have been far below normal in 2022, either due to a lack of fertilizer or to much higher costs for fertilizer where farmers simply chose to plant less. But the world could be on the verge of a massive humanitarian crisis. Even goods that are available such as gasoline are being sold at much higher prices. All of this is clear.

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