Photo:Instagram/jennifer.garnerJennifer Garnercan relate to the pressure of wanting to make sure you’re doing the best for your kids at all times — especially when it comes to feeding them something you can feel good about.“Moms get how hard it is,” says Garner, who is the co-founder and brand ambassador forOnce Upon a Farm organic foodline. “We just want to make life easier for them, and give them food they can trust and don’t have to stress over.“While at the launch party forher company’s new refrigerated oat bars, Garner, 51, tells PEOPLE that she has a hard time feeding her kids junk, especially knowing about all the metals and micro-plastics that are often in the soil our food is grown in.Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars party in Brooklyn.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a Farm"I’m not really relaxed about it,” says the mom to Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11. “Which is why it was so important for Once Upon a Farm to make a bar, because parents can trust us that the nutrition is going to be elevated and it’s going to taste good. They can feel good knowing they’re giving them something nutritious, without added sugar, without preservatives, something that’s non-GMO and clean and all of those things that are so super hard to do."(The new oat bars come in flavors strawberry, banana chocolate and apple cinnamon.)Still, Garner says she’s not a perfect food mom.“There are no absolutes,” she says when it comes to parenting. “To put that kind of pressure on yourself, to have the idea that everything has to be perfect? No. That’s just an unrealistic idea of what we’re all trying to accomplish.“Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a FarmSo if you’re wondering whether her kids sometimes get to tear into a bag of salty chips, the answer is: Of course.“Do I get myself in a jam where I don’t have food on hand, and the kids want junk? Sure, and they’ll get the junk here and there, and especially on a yes day,” she says. “You just want more good than bad. So if you have something easily available that’s easy and great for your kid, why wouldn’t you use it?“She says that was her initial draw to working withOnce Upon a Farmin the first place.“I could never have imagined that I would do anything like produce related, but then once I was working with brands in different capacities, it started to feel like, wow, I wonder if I could be part of something that’s good from the ground up and get to know them and maybe even influence them to work withSave the Children,” she says, adding that Once Upon a Farm has done just that.Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars party.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a Farm"And the products just makes our lives easier. They have all great ingredients and your kids will hopefully reach for it first and then if they get up and leave, at least you know that they have something real in their body,” she adds. “And it tastes good!”
Photo:Instagram/jennifer.garner
Instagram/jennifer.garner
Jennifer Garnercan relate to the pressure of wanting to make sure you’re doing the best for your kids at all times — especially when it comes to feeding them something you can feel good about.“Moms get how hard it is,” says Garner, who is the co-founder and brand ambassador forOnce Upon a Farm organic foodline. “We just want to make life easier for them, and give them food they can trust and don’t have to stress over.“While at the launch party forher company’s new refrigerated oat bars, Garner, 51, tells PEOPLE that she has a hard time feeding her kids junk, especially knowing about all the metals and micro-plastics that are often in the soil our food is grown in.Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars party in Brooklyn.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a Farm"I’m not really relaxed about it,” says the mom to Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11. “Which is why it was so important for Once Upon a Farm to make a bar, because parents can trust us that the nutrition is going to be elevated and it’s going to taste good. They can feel good knowing they’re giving them something nutritious, without added sugar, without preservatives, something that’s non-GMO and clean and all of those things that are so super hard to do."(The new oat bars come in flavors strawberry, banana chocolate and apple cinnamon.)Still, Garner says she’s not a perfect food mom.“There are no absolutes,” she says when it comes to parenting. “To put that kind of pressure on yourself, to have the idea that everything has to be perfect? No. That’s just an unrealistic idea of what we’re all trying to accomplish.“Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a FarmSo if you’re wondering whether her kids sometimes get to tear into a bag of salty chips, the answer is: Of course.“Do I get myself in a jam where I don’t have food on hand, and the kids want junk? Sure, and they’ll get the junk here and there, and especially on a yes day,” she says. “You just want more good than bad. So if you have something easily available that’s easy and great for your kid, why wouldn’t you use it?“She says that was her initial draw to working withOnce Upon a Farmin the first place.“I could never have imagined that I would do anything like produce related, but then once I was working with brands in different capacities, it started to feel like, wow, I wonder if I could be part of something that’s good from the ground up and get to know them and maybe even influence them to work withSave the Children,” she says, adding that Once Upon a Farm has done just that.Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars party.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a Farm"And the products just makes our lives easier. They have all great ingredients and your kids will hopefully reach for it first and then if they get up and leave, at least you know that they have something real in their body,” she adds. “And it tastes good!”
Jennifer Garnercan relate to the pressure of wanting to make sure you’re doing the best for your kids at all times — especially when it comes to feeding them something you can feel good about.
“Moms get how hard it is,” says Garner, who is the co-founder and brand ambassador forOnce Upon a Farm organic foodline. “We just want to make life easier for them, and give them food they can trust and don’t have to stress over.”
While at the launch party forher company’s new refrigerated oat bars, Garner, 51, tells PEOPLE that she has a hard time feeding her kids junk, especially knowing about all the metals and micro-plastics that are often in the soil our food is grown in.
Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars party in Brooklyn.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a Farm
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a Farm
“I’m not really relaxed about it,” says the mom to Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11. “Which is why it was so important for Once Upon a Farm to make a bar, because parents can trust us that the nutrition is going to be elevated and it’s going to taste good. They can feel good knowing they’re giving them something nutritious, without added sugar, without preservatives, something that’s non-GMO and clean and all of those things that are so super hard to do.”
(The new oat bars come in flavors strawberry, banana chocolate and apple cinnamon.)
Still, Garner says she’s not a perfect food mom.
“There are no absolutes,” she says when it comes to parenting. “To put that kind of pressure on yourself, to have the idea that everything has to be perfect? No. That’s just an unrealistic idea of what we’re all trying to accomplish.”
Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a Farm
So if you’re wondering whether her kids sometimes get to tear into a bag of salty chips, the answer is: Of course.
“Do I get myself in a jam where I don’t have food on hand, and the kids want junk? Sure, and they’ll get the junk here and there, and especially on a yes day,” she says. “You just want more good than bad. So if you have something easily available that’s easy and great for your kid, why wouldn’t you use it?”
She says that was her initial draw to working withOnce Upon a Farmin the first place.
“I could never have imagined that I would do anything like produce related, but then once I was working with brands in different capacities, it started to feel like, wow, I wonder if I could be part of something that’s good from the ground up and get to know them and maybe even influence them to work withSave the Children,” she says, adding that Once Upon a Farm has done just that.
Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm refrigerated oat bars party.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Once Upon a Farm
“And the products just makes our lives easier. They have all great ingredients and your kids will hopefully reach for it first and then if they get up and leave, at least you know that they have something real in their body,” she adds. “And it tastes good!”
source: people.com
