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

Number of products, services and/or solutions created as a result of the work performed by the LL

Common to all LLs
Social

Number of publications

Common to all LLs
Social

Increase of the well-being in the region

Common to all LLs
Social

Number of companies and organizations testing products, services, and methodologies of the LL

Common to all LLs
Social

Number of users of the LL

Common to all LLs
Social

Number of social awareness campaigns

Common to soil LLs
Social

Number of landowners participating in the project

Common to soil LLs
Social

Number of soil health indicators monitored

Common to soil LLs
Environmental

Hectares of land in healthy conditions

Common to soil LLs
Environmental

In case the LL counts on value chain analyses as part of the performance, number of restaurants, food shops and canteens involved, as well as number of products labelled to reward fair practices

Agricultural land use type
Economic

Average increase in quality products and farm profitability

Agricultural land use type
Economic

Satisfaction rate of farmers

Agricultural land use type
Economic