The PREPSOIL Business Model Canvas (BMC) for Living Labs (LLs) & Lighthouses (LHs) in the Mission Soil is a tailor-made tool that considers the specificities of Soil LLs and LHs to support and inspire these initiatives to find a strategy for their long-term sustainability.  []

To achieve this, the PREPSOIL BMC offers practical examples based on different exercises conducted in the PREPSOIL project. These examples can be found below and can be filtered according to different soil uses (agriculture, forestry, (post-)industrial, and (peri-)urban), as well as different elements, and spheres of intervention within each of the elements.

These examples are to serve as guidance and inspiration for the design of Business Models for Soil LLs, acknowledging the uniqueness of each of them in terms of the ambition, capacities, and context in which the LL operates.

For more information on the BMC methodology please see PREPSOIL Report on LL/LH business model plans (D4.2)

For a step-by-step guide on how to use the BMC see Business Model Canvas for Soil Living Labs and Lighthouses: A guide for users

Download your working copy of the BMC here

PREPSOIL BMC

Demo farm visits

Forestry land use type
Engagement Activities

Put farmers in the center of the Living Lab

Forestry land use type
Governance & Representation

Research program connected to on-farm experiments

Forestry land use type
Research & Testing

CAP advisors

Forestry land use type
Public Sector

Farmers

Forestry land use type
Private Sector

Food shops, supermarkets and restaurants

Private Sector
Forestry land use type

Products sellers and intermediaries

Private Sector
Forestry land use type

Agriculture advisory services

Civil Society
Forestry land use type

Farmers and associations of farmers

Civil Society
Forestry land use type

Landowners and forest managers, forest companies, forest owner associations, industries

Forestry land use type
Public Sector

Researchers in forest and soil sciences, social science researchers

Forestry land use type
Research Institutions, Academia

NGOs (nature conservation and water protection organizations)

Forestry land use type
Civil Society