In this episode of Boss Files, I did not jump onto this company lightly. I don't just, I don't want to just be the face of a brand. That is not, even, even the brands that I am the face of or am a face of, you know, I take it very, very seriously.

Jennifer Garner, from actress to activist and entrepreneur. She's teaming up with John Foraker, the former CEO of Annie's Organic.

They're building, Once Upon a Farm, a company with a mission to provide more access to fresh and nutritious baby food.

And they're committed to sending a message when it comes to culture and family leave.

I think leaders in companies in the future need to be much more engaged

and be willing to stand out there on these important issues.

And I know that our consumers care about them.

This is personal for Garner, who grew up surrounded by generational poverty in West Virginia.

There are food deserts, not just in cities, not just in rural America, but in Central

Valley, California, which is the garden bowl for the whole country.

Nutrition is a huge, huge problem.

And it's part of why we have trouble really seeing and understanding poverty in this

country because we might see a kid with a little round belly and say, well, they're not

hungry, but they are. And as an ambassador for Save the Children, she's working

to tackle rural poverty across the country. Here's my conversation with Jennifer Garner and

John Foraker. Jennifer and John, thank you for being here. Thank you, Poppy. So Jennifer, just to

begin with you, I mean, most people know you for your acting. not your business, not as business leader, but you are a business leader.

For you, John, former CEO of Annie's Organics, I will think of you every time I look at my daughter's

cheddar bunnies now. Together you've built Once Upon a Farm. Jennifer, what is it and what's the

mission? Once Upon a Farm is Jennifer, what is it and what's the mission? Once Upon a Farm is a

company that is making cold-pressed, organic, as fresh as it can be straight from the farm,

into the dairy section of your grocery store, baby food and smoothies and applesauce. And our

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