I'm a father, a farmer, and a founder. In 2017, I took on a struggling avocado grove on California's Central Coast and turned it into One Tree Hill Farms — coffee and avocados grown side by side, fully organic, harvested by hand. Around the same time, I started building businesses in technology and consumer brands. I've started things, sold things, and learned more from what didn't work than from what did. What's stayed consistent is who I build with, and what I come home to.
"I work the farm with my own hands."
100,000 lbs of avocados and 5,000 lbs of coffee a year, harvested by hand.
"I build slowly, with people I trust."
My closest collaborators have stayed with me across multiple ventures over the years.
"Family stays at the center."
Dream Out Loud Foundation grew out of my own children's speech delays.
Every child deserves a voice.
When my own children were diagnosed with speech disorders, our family felt completely alone. That experience became the reason I founded Dream Out Loud in 2023 — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free speech therapy to children regardless of background or financial situation. Most days I'm still surprised by how much we've been able to do.
"How entrepreneur Edvin Ovasapyan is building a regenerative agriculture empire."
"Forgotten places don't need pity — they need imagination."
"Dream Out Loud Foundation expands its speech therapy programs to underserved communities across the country."
"His innovative approach to interplanting avocado and coffee creates a sustainable model for California agriculture."
"The coffee beans and Hass avocado crops are stronger, bolder, and richer in flavor due to the fertile nature of the land they share together."
"Soft-spoken Ovasapyan is the very definition of affable, and his default demeanor is a calm that's contagious."