Simon Sabathier from South Aveyron wins the Coupe de France of the Social Cup with “Aqui Ba Pla”

Motivated like never before, the young Combrétois Simon Sabathier competed for the Coupe de France of the Social Cup where he stood out hands down.

For those who missed it, a little reminder: the Social Cup rewards young social entrepreneurs who want to make a difference by developing a project that responds to social and environmental issues.< /p>

Wednesday March 6, the 4 finalists of the 10th edition gathered in Paris competed against each other during a Battle to decide between the best projects. The objective was to win the votes of the live public.

The winner was immediately announced: it’s Aqui Ba Pla, the big winner of this 2024 edition. "The public votes broke a record never before reached. Aqui Ba Pla totaled 736 votes in just eight minutes, or 64% of the votes recorded!"

A moment of pride and emotion

Between joy, pride, humor and competitiveness, Simon Sabathier experienced a gratifying and honoring moment with a particular taste (in addition to the Roquefort toast that he had brought to pitch on stage! ), the taste for sharing: "What makes me happiest and most proud is to have collectively succeeded in raising agriculture and our department on a national scale and to have succeeded in creating links around this theme and our terroir"confides the lucky winner who never stops playing it collectively.

The winning project represents Midi-Pyrénées

The Aqui Ba Pla project is a concept around agritourism, responding to the need of a territory and which combines values ​​of authenticity, conviviality and originality. The project relies on a network of farm visits. Through this collective, he helps farmers visit their farms and manages the organization, communication and reservations for them.

During visits, Simon leads a game "discovery and sharing" alongside numerous videos from Aveyron. A promising project that was particularly noticed this year. "Participating in this competition and winning it will bring us a& ;nbsp;incredible visibility" rejoices Simon. A great example for other emerging talents.