Shelley Eden

Arable Consultant

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Bedford, England, United Kingdom

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Timeline
About me
Fair to Nature Technical Facilitator at RSPB
Education
- Wye College, University of London
  1994 - 1996
  BSc (Hons) Agriculture 2:1
  Activities and Societies: Environment and Wildlife Society
- Sparsholt College Hampshire
  1990 - 1994
  Higher National Diploma Agriculture (Production & Management) 7 Merits & 1 Distinction
  Activities and Societies: Hamble Valley Young Farmers
Experience
- ADAS Consulting Ltd
  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001
  Arable Consultant
  Trainee agronomist. BASIS qualified. Arable consultancy, soil sampling and fertiliser planning.
- The Arable Group
  Jun 2002 - Oct 2003
  Field Trials Officer
  Involved in all aspects of variety, pesticide, and fertiliser trials on arable crops.
- Conservation Grade Producers Ltd
  Mar 2009 - Jul 2017
  Operations Manager
  Involvement in all aspects of administering the forward thinking farming scheme, Fair to Nature. Work ranged from liaising with the licensees of the scheme, farmer members and many external organisations; accrediting new farmer members; assisting with training days and member update days; office management and admin, including cashbook tasks; website and social media management; and PR work.
- Self-employed
  Nov 2017 - Mar 2020
  Fair to Nature Facilitator
  Conservation Grade Producers Ltd may have closed it's doors but the Fair to Nature farming scheme lives on and will continue to deliver for wildlife. I am helping to administer the scheme for the RSPB.
- RSPB
  Mar 2020 - now
  Fair to Nature Technical Facilitator
Licenses & Certifications
- BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection & Integrated Farm Management
  BASIS Reg Ltd
- NPCT Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticide Modules PA1 (Principles of safe handling and application of pesticides), PA2 (boom sprayer) and PA3 (broadcast or boom sprayer)
  City & Guilds