Emily Norton
2025
Emily Norton ARAgS is a Norfolk farmer, Nuffield scholar and founder of Farm Foresight Ltd. A trained lawyer with an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture, Emily is a leading voice on natural capital influences on land, food & farming. She is a policy champion for AgriFood4NetZero, with non-exec roles at Soil Association Exchange, Environmental Markets Board & Duchy of Lancaster, is a trustee of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association and writes a regular column in Farmers Weekly. Emily was recently appointed AHDB Chair
My Sessions
Food First: The Ultimate Nature-Based Solution for Sustainable Farming
Dr Laura James
Rachael Madeley-Davies
Emily Norton
Jake Freestone
In the race to meet environmental and climate targets, the focus on offsetting others’ environmental footprints often overshadows a critical truth: food production is the ultimate nature-based solution. This session challenges conventional narratives, arguing that natural capital ‘investment’ on-farm, is not just an environmental nicety, but a business-critical strategy to secure resilient and sustainable farming […]