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

Additional tools for on farm demo activities and events

Variable Costs
Forestry land use type

Additional tools for on farm demo activities and events

Variable Costs
Forestry land use type

Research departing from existing one

Research & Development
Common to all LLs

Testing, iterations as needed and reframing

Research & Development
Common to all LLs

Development of tools

Research & Development
Common to all LLs

Real life testing

Research & Development
Common to all LLs

In house testing with users

Research & Development
Common to all LLs

Training with stakeholders at local and regional levels

Education & Training
Common to all LLs

Postgraduate programmes

Education & Training
Common to all LLs

Provide flexible tailormade education, co-created with different stakeholders

Education & Training
Common to all LLs

Promotional and demo activities

Comms & Dissemination
Common to all LLs

Dissemination and upscaling of successful solutions

Comms & Dissemination
Common to all LLs