AS a man of the land, former Easingwold beef farmer David Campbell knows how to work with nature.

That, coupled to his entrepreneurial spirit, has led him to runaway success. Now he has a chance to prove that, in deed as well as on paper, his credentials are truly green.

Of his trio of dynamic companies, run by a staff of 13 from Easingwold Business Park, two centre on David's passion for sustainability and commitment to give something back to nature - and one of them, Termex UK Ltd is pitching for the Think Green Business Of The Year in The Press Business Awards 2006.

Three years ago, David launched Direct Farming & Rural Solutions Ltd (DFRS), a key Business Link supplier of agricultural advice.

Then he established Finnish Living Homes, his ecologically sound answer to the growing housing problem - using sustainable timber imported from Finland and offering timber developments from log cabin homes to village halls and beach huts across Yorkshire and the North East.

Now he has bought the UK and Ireland rights to Termex - a revolutionary building insulation made from recycled newspaper and glue, with a potential to shake-up the UK insulation market. Already the carbon neutral product is causing a great deal of excitement within the industry.

Termex is a breathable fibre which means occupants of a home insulated with it are less likely to suffer from asthma.

Having established a distribution facility in Galway, David has plans to employ two agents in Scotland and a further eight in England - and at the same time double the size of his staff to 30.