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

Marketing and (internal and external) communication expenses

Variable Costs
Common to all LLs

Travel costs

Variable Costs
Common to all LLs

Experiments

Variable Costs
Common to all LLs

Stipends and prizes

Variable Costs
Common to all LLs

Incentives for stakeholders to participate

Variable Costs
Common to all LLs

Workshops/meetings/conferences/courses

Variable Costs
Common to all LLs

External moderators/facilitators

Variable Costs
Common to all LLs

Innovation costs (the investments and risks on the side of the companies)

Variable Costs
Common to all LLs

Soil assessments

Variable Costs
Common to soil LLs

Dissemination actions on soil health with (portable) showrooms

Variable Costs
Common to soil LLs

Payment of incentives for involving farmers in activities and projects of the LL

Variable Costs
Agricultural land use type

Additional tools for on farm demo activities and events

Variable Costs
Agricultural land use type