Thinking of becoming a ‘new-gen farmer’? There’s an app for that


Want to learn how to plant tomatoes and cabbages? There's an app for that. — AFP Relaxnews

With France potentially facing a shortage of farmers in the decade ahead, Kim Huynh-Kieu has created an application called Biosphere to help newcomers to the sector grow food using natural methods. And it bears something of a resemblance to a certain ‘90s computer game...

Kim Huynh-Kieu is an all-rounder. His surprising career has led his from pharmaceutical sciences to music to computer programming to design. He’d be an easy fit for the offices of Station F, Europe’s biggest startup incubator, located in Paris and founded by French telecoms magnate Xavier Niel.

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