Emily Norton
2025
Emily Norton ARAgS is a Norfolk farmer, Nuffield scholar and founder of Farm Foresight Ltd, a strategic advisory service for the rural sector. She is a Policy Champion for the AgriFoodforNetZero Network and a member of the FFCC’s Farming Leadership Group. Emily originally qualified as lawyer before undertaking an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture. Emily has expertise in natural capital influences on land, food and farming. She holds various non-executive board positions in the agricultural sector including as Chair of the AHDB. She lives and farms in Norfolk
My Sessions
Cutting through? Farming needs better stories and smart politics
Sue Pritchard
Joe Evans
Emily Norton
Lee Cain
After a year of Labour in power, what’s worked—and what hasn’t—for those pushing for better food and farming? This session brings together leading farmers and political thinkers to explore how farming voices can cut through the noise and build a stronger movement for change. Taking lessons from the inheritance tax uproar, the SFI reset and […]
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 […]