OSU Extension 10th Annual Small Farms Conference Keynote Address: "It's About the Flavors of Life: Why We Farmers Work So Hard" David Mas Masumoto, a third generation farmer and writer working with his family on their 80-acre organic farm near Fresno, CA. Masumoto is author of several books, "Epitaph for a Peach", "Four Seasons in Five Senses", and his latest entitled "Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land."