Mas Masumoto is an organic peach and nectarine farmer and the author of nine books including Epitaph for a Peach, Wisdom of the Last Farmer, and a family farm cookbook, The Perfect Peach. A feature documentary, "Changing Season," about the theme of succession on a family farm, was nationally broadcast by PBS in May 2016. He also serves on board of National Endowment for the Arts and the Public Policy Institute of California.