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David Mas Masumoto
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David Mas Masumoto

David Mas Masumoto is an organic peach and grape farmer who works with his wife, Marcy Masumoto, and their two children, Nikiko and Korio, on their 80-acre farm just outside Del Ray, 20 miles south of Fresno, CA. He has a bachelors degree in sociology from U.C. Berkeley and a masters degree in community development from U.C. Davis. He is a columnist for The Fresno Bee, has written for USA Today and The Los Angeles Times, and has been featured in Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine and New York Times. His farm has been featured Sunset, Country Living, and Glamour Magazines and on television as part of the California Heartland PBS series as well as the... Read full bio

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Wisdom of the Last Farmer will be released on August 02, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Aug 02, 2010
Wisdom of the Last Farmer is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 02, 2010
Wisdom of the Last Farmer will be released on October 30, 2009 in Hardcover
Oct 30, 2009
Wisdom of the Last Farmer is now available in Hardcover
Oct 30, 2009
Aug 18, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Wisdom of the Last Farmer
Jul 17, 2009

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Rafu Shimpo, April 25, 2013
...of office in February, and attended his first meeting in March. His six-year term expires in September 2018. David Mas Masumoto Masumoto is an organic peach and grape farmer and the author of “Wisdom of the Last Farmer,” “Heirlooms,”...
Fresno Bee, July 10, 2012
...Joaquin Valley still receives few grants compared to places like the Bay Area, Del Rey farmer and author David Mas Masumoto was recently nominated as the San Joaquin Valley's first representative on the National Council on the Arts, which advises the...
Fresno Bee, May 11, 2013
..._ I could not believe the May 3 letter from Larry Miller attacking David Mas Masumoto's idea of the Highway 99 flea market trail. Highway 99 runs along a valley in an agriculture producing section of California. It is not Beverly Hills, Malibu...
Rafu Shimpo, May 6, 2013
...“The Perfect Peach: Recipes and Stories from the Masumoto Family Farm” by David Mas Masumoto, Marcy Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto, will be published by Ten Speed Press, a Division of Random House, in June.This cookbook showcases the luscious flavor of...
Fresno Bee, May 3, 2013
..._ David Mas Masumoto's April 28 column advocating a garage sale trail along Highway 99 annoyed me greatly. Masumoto advocates local spending on junk sale tours ("garage sale caravans," he...
Fresno Bee, April 28, 2013
..._ Imagine a caravan of buyers, many from out of the area, flocking to our San Joaquin Valley for Americana gold. Imagine thousands of yard sales and swap meets flourishing for a week along Highway 99 as it winds through the heart of our state. Imagine a...
Half Moon Bay Review, April 25, 2013
...Silicon Valley. The advisory council’s members — Will Allen, Bob Berner, Meg Caldwell, Gretchen Daily, Jerry Franklin, David Mas Masumoto, Reed Noss, Rebecca Shaw and Chris Wilmers — are all well-respected in their fields. “Our approach to...
Rafu Shimpo, April 25, 2013
...of office in February, and attended his first meeting in March. His six-year term expires in September 2018. David Mas Masumoto Masumoto is an organic peach and grape farmer and the author of “Wisdom of the Last Farmer,” “Heirlooms,”...
Huffington Post, April 18, 2013
...as delicious as possible. Just look at all the photos your friends posted on Facebook or Instagram. Farmer David Mas Masumoto writes about food being a reflection of ourselves and an increasing drive for perfection in both. This dismissal of imperfection...