Earthcare - The People
Anna
Becvar...
Anna (BSc, MI Soil Sci, MBIAC, MBPR FACTS) is a Director of Earthcare Technical Ltd, and has been an independent consultant for 10 years. She is a Specialist Organics Advisor to WRAP, has provided services under the WRAP-funded Interim Manager scheme and is currently employed to support Dissemination of Technical Information OAV028 and for Project Management and dissemination activities for the OAV023 Research Program. She is project managing the re-design of the Quality Products web tool OPR060-800She works with compost producers and waste operators, fellow consultants and agricultural consultancy firms as well as land managers. Anna has worked within the arable industry for 19 years and as marketing director for NRM laboratories (one of the largest Agricultural and environmental laboratories in the UK) built up strong contacts across the industry.
Martin Wood...
Martin
(BA (Hons), PhD, MBPR(Fert)) is a Director of Earthcare Environmental
Ltd and Earthcare Technical Ltd, having spent 20 years as lecturer in
Soil Science at Reading University. He is a FACTS qualified member of
the BASIS Professional Register and is a member AFOR. He is a Technical
Advisor to The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), has provided
services under the WRAP-funded Interim Manager scheme and is currently
supporting dissemination of technical information on organic materials
including composts to crop consultants, farmers and other stakeholders.
Martin led a Dti-funded SMART award on novel in-vessel composting technologies,
and is a subcontractor on WRAP-funded trials of composted/digested products
with EMR (strawberries) and SAC (cereals), and Enviros (cereals and vegetables).
Martin has extensive international research experience and has written
books, popular articles and scientific papers on soil and organic materials,
with particular emphasis on biological aspects. Martin has recently undertaken
a review of compost stability testing for WRAP as part of the PAS 100
review (OFW006-003) and is currently compiling a Citizen's Guide to Compost
on behalf of WRAP.
Audrey Litterick...
Audrey [BSc (Hons), PhD, MBPR (FACTS, Amenity)] has 18 years experience
as a crop and environmental scientist. She trained originally in horticulture
and plant pathology, and ran the Horticultural Crop Health Centre at SAC
for 8 years, where she specialised in amenity horticulture and container
production systems for ornamentals. She has since held senior research
posts at both Aberdeen University and SAC, where she developed a portfolio
of work in sustainable and organic crop production, crop nutrition and
soil management. During the past 10 years she has increasingly specialised
in fertilisers, composting and the use of composts, digestates and other
organic materials in agriculture, horticulture, landscaping and land restoration.
Audrey is a technical advisor to WRAP and an Approved Consultant with
AfOR. Her main objectives now are to work with waste managers to develop
markets for organic wastes/organic products, to assist compost/digestate
producers to improve their products and develop robust and novel markets,
to assist stakeholder organisations to understand the benefits and risks
of using organic fertilisers and to help potential compost users make
the best of available products. Audrey is an experienced project manager
with an excellent track record in completing consultancy and research
contracts for a range of commercial clients and funding bodies.
Donald Wood...
Donald. (BSc.; MSc.) is a Director of Earthcare Ltd. and Earthcare Environmental Ltd. Trained in Electronics and Control Systems Engineering, he set up a Computer Repair and Maintenance business in 1990 specifically to keep old, sometimes obsolete, computer based control equipment working, where replacement with new would be very expensive and not necessary. A “Waste-Not” working ethic emerged which encouraged him to design a completely new range of environmentally friendly re-usable boxes under the “Box4Life” brand to replace single use cardboard alternatives. Since 1996 he has run the Commercial side of Earthcare Ltd. promoting Products and Services as they emerged from R & D projects in sustainable soil management. During this time a close working relationship has been established with Woods End Labs. in the USA, the world leader in testing and assessing compost and soil amendments for use in agriculture and horticulture.
Earthcare “Associates”
We are pleased to be able to include the following consultants as part of the Earthcare Technical team under our “Associates” banner. All “Associates” are world experts in their field, with extensive experience as independent consultants and an established track record of working with Earthcare in an advisory capacity.
Mike Daly
Mike (BSc, MA) is BASIS (Pesticides with Integrated Crop Management) qualified, FACTS (Fertilisers) qualified, a FACTS Examiner (horticulture), and is an expert in plant nutrition and growing media.
Mike was Technical Marketing Manager for William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd responsible for product quality, product development and trials following 15 years as Technical Manager/Senior Agronomist for the Horticulture fertiliser business at Kemira GrowHow UK Ltd. He has a wealth of experience within the fertiliser, horticulture and agriculture sectors.
