David Granatstein is Professor Emeritus and retired sustainable agriculture specialist at Washington State University. He spent his career in Wenatchee, WA working on a wide variety of topics, including sustainable agriculture, soil health, organic tree fruit production, ecolabeling, climate change, biochar, and composting. He produced annual updates on the state of organic ag in Washington for 20 years. David participated in the inaugural Tilth Conference in Ellensburg. WA, in 1974 and spent a number of years farming in the Methow Valley after that. He has also worked overseas on several international ag development projects.