In this article Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jennifer Garner, co-founder of Once Upon a Farm, center, and Cassandra Curtis, co-founder of of Once Upon a Farm, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Once Upon a Farm made i...
In this article Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jennifer Garner, co-founder of Once Upon a Farm, center, and Cassandra Curtis, co-founder of of Once Upon a Farm, center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Once Upon a Farm made its public market debut on Friday, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "OFRM." The stock opened at $21 per share, up 16% from its initial public offering price. The organic children's nutrition company priced its IPO at $18 per share on Thursday, in the middle of the expected range of $17 to $19. Once Upon a Farm and backers sold about 11 million shares, raising $197.9 million and valuing the company at $724 million. Founded in 2015 by Cassandra Curtis and Ari Raz, the Berkeley-based company sells a range of organic cold-processed, refrigerated baby foods and kid snacks. In 2017, actress Jennifer Garner and former Annie's Homegrown CEO John Foraker joined the company as co-founders. Garner sits on the company's board and holds the formal title "Farmer Jen," while Foraker, whom she calls the "Grand Poobah of organic," is CEO. "We want to feed babies to big kids, as we're helping make parents lives easier," Garner told CNBC. Once Upon a Farm's market debut comes as shoppers and policymakers alike have pushed back on ultra-processed foods , particularly when consumed by children. For example, the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., has found evangelists in so-called "MAHA moms," who agree with his opinions on everything from junk food to childhood vaccinations. The shift in behavior has hurt Big Food, while fueling growth for insurgent brands like Once Upon a Farm. In 2024, the company recorded net sales of $156.8 million, up 66% from the prior year, although its losses widened from $1...