Ground Cover

Protecting our waterways and health from pesticides with Prof. Kirsten BenkendorffProfessor Kirsten Benkendorff is the Director of Southern Cross University’s National Marine Science Centre and the Deputy Director of the Marine Ecology Research Centre. Her research looks at the impacts of ocean climate change and environmental contaminants on the immune health and nutritional quality of seafood species. She is also investigating the use of marine molluscs for human medicine. Professor Benkendorff has published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and also teaches into the Bachelor of Environmental Science, and Marine Science and Management programs at Southern Cross University. As a lead researcher for one of the projects in the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance’s Soil Extension Program, funded by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, Kirsten spent three years looking at the effectiveness of bioreactors in managing pesticide run-off in intensive horticulture. She was also able to set up a second project which compared the soil health in conventional and regenerative blueberry farms.
Published: March 19, 2024

Leading a movement with Lorraine Gordon
Published: December 5, 2019

Stay tuned... this series of Ground Cover is not quite over yet.
Published: November 5, 2019

Regenerating soils and communities with Helen and Mike McCosker
Published: October 29, 2019

The five landscape functions in practice with livestock producer Tim Wright
Published: October 22, 2019

Out of the ashes with multi species pasture cropping expert Col Seis
Published: October 15, 2019

From little things big things grow with 6th generation farmer Michael Taylor
Published: October 8, 2019

It all starts with the soil with Derek Smith
Published: October 1, 2019

From bare paddock to diverse landscape with Bruce Maynard: No Kill Cropping, Self Herding and grazing management
Published: September 24, 2019

The regenerative agriculture revolution with Dr Charles Massy
Published: September 17, 2019