Jennifer Garner showed her love for farming on Sunday when she donned a “Farmer Jen” T-shirt to attend her son Samuel’s basketball game.
The mother-of-three, 51, was seen with her son, 11, who she shares with ex-husband Ben Affleck while dressed in black leggings and a gray t-shirt that read: ‘hug a farmer’ on the front and ‘Farmer Jen’. ‘ on the backside.
To complete her look, Garner wore a baseball cap over her long brown locks and dark sunglasses.
Sam wore black shorts, a purple sleeveless sweater and blue sneakers, with a backpack full of his essentials slung over his shoulders.
Garner and ex-husband Ben Affleck try to keep their parents in check as much as possible, despite their busy schedules as top actors.
Mom duties: Jennifer Garner showed off her love for farming on Sunday when she donned a ‘Farmer Jen’ T-shirt to attend her son Samuel’s basketball game
Farmer Jen: The t-shirt said: ‘Farmer Jen’ on the back; a nickname she earned from all the time she spent on her farm in the small town of Locust Grove in northeastern Oklahoma
Her time has become even more valuable now that she has become the co-founder of an organic baby food company called Once Upon A Farm.
She uses her family’s old farm in Oklahoma to supply some of the fruit and vegetables to the business.
With all the time she puts into the farm and working the land, Garner has truly earned the nickname “Farmer Jen.”
The farm, near the small town of Locust Grove in northeastern Oklahoma, has been in her family for almost a century.
Garner’s grandparents bought the 50-acre plot of land, complete with a two-room house with no electricity, running water and no indoor plumbing, for $700 in 1936, according to Southern life.
Her maternal grandparents added another 35 acres to the farm and grew a variety of fruits and vegetables, including lettuce, beets, green beans, tomatoes, English peas, cucumbers, onions and new potatoes.
Practical: The mother of three, whom she shares with ex-husband Ben Affleck, gave her son a lesson in the rules and regulations of parking meters, which can be tricky
Getting around: Garner lives with Samuel and daughter Violet, 17, and Seraphina, 14, in their sprawling home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles when she’s not at her ranch in Oklahoma
It would change hands a few times within the family over the years, until Garner finally took it over from her Uncle Robert with the stipulation that he and his wife Janet would stay, maintain the farm and live in the modern house where they lived. built on the ground.
Launched in 2015, Cassandra Curtis co-founded Once Upon A Farm with Ari Raz “to create more nutritious, convenient and delicious baby food options for her daughter that were not available in her local supermarket,” according to the company website.
After creating her own recipes and selling the first cold-pressed baby food at retail, she joined forces with industry legend and former Annie’s CEO John Forake and Garner.
Eight years later, Once Upon A Farm is proud to be “sold in more than 13,000 stores nationwide, with a growing product portfolio of organic, farm-fresh snacks and meals for babies and big kids.”
Although farmer Jen has been open about calling her family farm her “favorite place” on her social media platforms, she still has her day job as an actress.
On the Farm: When Garner isn’t working on a movie or television set, she can often be found on the family farm in the small town of Locust Grove, Oklahoma
The Team: Garner worked with John Forake (left), Cassandra Curtis (center) and Ari Raz to found their organic baby food company Once Upon A Farm
Back to the set: The actress returns to her day job as an actress and will star in the comedy film Family Switch, which will be released on Netflix on November 30
She will even star in the new comedy film Family Switch, in which she stars alongside Ed Helms, Emma Myers, Brady Noon and Rita Moreno, among others.
Three days earlier, she took to her Instagram page to promote her latest role in a film directed by McG (born Joseph McGinty Nichol), 55.
“I love all the people and dogs in this cast, even if they mix and match body and soul. We can’t wait to share #FamilySwitch with all of you on @netflix, November 30th,” she wrote in the caption.
Family Switch is based on the 2010 children’s book Bedtime For Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.